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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics

From: Exclusive breastfeeding practices among mothers in urban slum settlements: pooled analysis from three prospective birth cohort studies in South India

Characteristics

n = 1088 (%)

Mean age of the mothers (SD)

23.9 (3.8)

SES

 Low

699 (64.3)

 Moderate/High

389 (35.7)

Family type

 Nuclear/Extended

882 (81)

 Joint

206 (19)

Mothers education

 No formal education

350 (32.2)

 Education

738 (67.8)

Parity

 Primi

359 (33)

 Multi

729 (67)

Mode of delivery

 Cesarean/Instrument

167 (15.4)

 Vaginal

921 (84.6)

Place of birth

 Home

24 (2.2)

 Hospital

1064 (97.8)