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Table 1 Socio demographic and reproductive health characteristics of the participants (n = 536)

From: Predictors of appropriate breastfeeding knowledge among pregnant women in Moshi Urban, Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

Variables	Number	Percent
Age
15–24	260	48.5
25–34	230	42.9
35–45	46	8.6
Marital status
Married/cohabiting	479	89.4
Single/separated/divorced	57	10.6
Education
None	13	2.4
Primary	325	60.6
Secondary and above	198	36.9
Employment
Yes	365	68.1
No	171	31.9
Water source
Within the compound	391	72.9
Around the village	145	27.1
Meal frequency
One	9	1.7
Two	23	4.3
Three	485	90.5
Four and above	19	3.5
Alcohol
No	461	86
Occasionally	70	13.1
Daily	5	0.9
No. Living children^a
1	173	34.5
2	92	18.4
3 and above	48	9.6
Age of last born^a
< 2years	32	6.4
2–4years	112	22.4
> 4years	164	32.7
Place of last delivery (n = 333)^b
Hospital	316	95
Home	17	5
ANC visits (n = 525)^c
Once	17	3.2
2–3 times	344	65.5
4 or more times	164	31.2
Gestational age (n = 531)
< 28weeks	72	13.6
> 28 weeks	459	86.4

^aThe percentages here does not add to 100 because some women had miscarriages, some had still births and some lost their children and also there are those who this is their first pregnancy
^bThe percentages does not add to 100 because only women with 2 or more pregnancies had information on where did they deliver their previous child
^cANC visits for this pregnancy do not tally to 100 because 11 women did not have information on their ANC visits

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