Acceptability of donor breast milk banking, its use for feeding infants, and associated factors among mothers in eastern Ethiopia

Table 4 Reported reasons of unwillingness to donate breast milk for banking and its use for infants feeding among mothers attending selected public hospitals in eastern Ethiopia, 2016 (N = 1085)

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percent (%)
Fear of disease transmission	Yes	746	68.8
Fear of disease transmission	No	339	31.2
Fear of genetics mixing	Yes	134	12.4
Fear of genetics mixing	No	951	87.6
Preference of infant formula	Yes	137	12.6
Preference of infant formula	No	948	87.4
Unhygienic milk collection	Yes	476	43.9
Unhygienic milk collection	No	609	56.1
Spouse and family not support	Yes	91	8.4
Spouse and family not support	No	994	91.6
Fear of not having enough breast milk	Yes	556	51.2
Fear of not having enough breast milk	No	529	48.8
I do not like the idea	Yes	517	47.6
I do not like the idea	No	568	52.4
Not accepted in our religion	Yes	207	19.1
Not accepted in our religion	No	878	80.9
Not accepted in our culture	Yes	159	14.7
Not accepted in our culture	No	926	85.3
Breast sagging	Yes	9	0.8
Breast sagging	No	1076	99.2

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