Determinants of exclusive breastfeeding practices among mothers in azezo district, northwest Ethiopia

Table 1 Sociodemographic variables of mothers and infants in Azezo District, Northwest Ethiopia, 2014

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percent (%)
Age in year	≤30 >30	180 152	63.0 37.0
Religion	Orthodox Muslim	242 90	73.0 27.0
Ethnicity	Amhara Tigre Oromo	289 33 10	87.0 10.0 3.0
Education status	Informal education^a Formal education	160 172	48.2 51.8
Marital status	Single Married	92 240	28.0 72.0
Occupation	Housewife Merchant Governmental employee Non-governmental employee Daily labourer	111 90 83 26 22	33.4 27.0 25.0 8.0 6.6
Sex of infant	Male Female	133 199	40.0 60.0
Age of infant	≤3 months 3–6 months	151 181	45.5 54.5
Monthly income	≤1000 birr >1000 birr	136 196	41.0 59.0

^aInformal education: type of education where there is no regular class, it is a form of mass education to enable adults to read and write

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