Table 1 Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics and early breastfeeding experience of the respondents Aysaita woreda, Afar, 2015
Variables | Categories | n | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Residence | Urban | 309 | 50 |
Rural | 309 | 50 | |
Wealth | Low | 199 | 32.3 |
Middle | 208 | 33.8 | |
High | 209 | 33.9 | |
Support | Yes | 571 | 92.4 |
No | 47 | 7.6 | |
Mothers age | 15–25 | 296 | 47.9 |
26–35 | 288 | 46.6 | |
36–45 & above | 34 | 5.5 | |
Marital status | Married | 588 | 95.1 |
Divorced | 30 | 4.9 | |
Educational status | Illiterate | 375 | 60.7 |
Primary | 170 | 27.5 | |
Secondary level & above | 73 | 11.8 | |
Religion | Muslim | 524 | 84.8 |
Christian | 94 | 15.2 | |
Maternal employment | Employed | 120 | 19.4 |
Not employed | 498 | 80.6 | |
Parity | 1 | 133 | 21.5 |
2–4 | 390 | 63.1 | |
5+ | 95 | 15.4 | |
Delivery place | Health facility | 396 | 64.1 |
Home/At TBA’s house | 222 | 35.9 | |
Delivery type | Spontaneous | 598 | 96.8 |
Cesarean | 20 | 3.2 | |
Child sex | Male | 341 | 55.2 |
Female | 277 | 44.8 | |
Child age | Up to 1 month | 78 | 12.6 |
2 months | 83 | 13.4 | |
3 months | 119 | 19.3 | |
4 months | 128 | 20.7 | |
5 months | 116 | 18.8 | |
6 months | 93 | 15 |