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Table 1 Infant and maternal sociodemographic characteristics

From: Comparison of knowledge, attitudes and practices on exclusive breastfeeding between primiparous and multiparous mothers attending Wajir District hospital, Wajir County, Kenya: a cross-sectional analytical study

 

Primiparous

Multiparous

Total

Chi-square test/t-test

n = 137

n = 144

n = 281

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

p- value

Sex of children:

 Male

74

54

63

43.8

137

48.8

0.11

 Female

63

46

81

56.3

144

51.2

 

Age of infant in months (mean ±):

2.8 (±1.4)

 

2.6 (±1.4)

 

2.7 (±1.4)

 

0.23

Maternal age in years: (mean ±):

25.1 (±5.3)

 

27.4 (±5.3)

 

26.2 (±5.4)

 

0.00

Marital Status:

 Married

116

84.7

118

81.9

234

83.3

0.08

 Single

8

5.8

6

4.2

14

5.0

 Divorced

5

3.7

5

3.5

10

3.6

 Separated

4

2.9

13

9.0

17

6.0

 Widow

4

2.9

2

1.4

6

2.1

Education:

 No formal education

57

41.6

64

44.4

121

43.1

0.50

 Adult education

8

5.8

9

6.3

17

6.1

 Primary education

27

19.7

32

22.2

59

21.0

 Secondary school

14

10.2

15

10.4

29

10.3

 Certificate level

2

1.6

5

3.5

7

2.5

 Diploma level

21

15.3

15

10.4

36

12.8

 Degree level

8

5.8

4

2.0

12

4.3