Table 2 Knowledge of respondents about exclusive breastfeeding Aysaita woreda, Afar region, 2015
Variables | Categories | n | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Right time to give breast milk after the child is delivered | Immediately | 393 | 63.6 |
Within an hour | 159 | 25.7 | |
Between 1 h and 3 h | 64 | 10.4 | |
From 3 to 7 h | 1 | .2 | |
From 1 day to a week | 1 | .2 | |
Right thing to do with the colostrum | Discard | 76 | 12.3 |
Feed immediately | 535 | 86.6 | |
Other (specify) | 5 | .8 | |
I don’t know | 2 | .3 | |
Right time to start complementary foods | 3 months or less | 4 | .6 |
4 months | 25 | 4 | |
5 months | 39 | 6.3 | |
6 months | 541 | 87.5 | |
7 months or above | 3 | .5 | |
I don’t know | 4 | .6 | |
Liquids or foods recommended to child under 6 months | Plain Water | 77 | 12.5 |
Infant formula | 105 | 17 | |
Tinned milk or other kind of animal milk | 62 | 10 | |
Fruit juice/ Yoghurt | 5 | .8 | |
Only breast milk | 19 | 3.1 | |
All | 349 | 56.5 | |
I Don’t know | 1 | .2 |