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Table 1 Demographic and health characteristics of the population from the urban informal settlements chosen for the study

From: “Everybody breastfeeds if they have milk”: factors that shape exclusive breastfeeding practices in informal settlements of Mumbai, India

Characteristics

Mankhurd

Govandi

Household Characteristics

 Total number of households

603

692

 House ownership – rental

334 (55%)

336 (49%)

 Average household size

6

5

 Average no of children in a household

3

2

Religion

 Muslim

500 (83%)

442 (64%)

 Hindu

100 (17%)

244 (35%)

 Others

3 (<  1%)

6 (< 1%)

Education

 No formal schooling

225 (37%)

192 (28%)

Child statistics

 No of children under 2 years identified

411

442

 Institutional delivery

365 (89%)

412 (93%)

 Low birthweighta

57 (21%), n = 275

86 (23%), n = 369

 Nutritional levelb

n = 369

n = 375

 Wasted

56 (15%)

81 (22%)

 Stunted

149 (40%)

167 (45%)

  1. a- based on available data for birthweight
  2. b - based on available data for anthropometric measurements
  3. Source: Baseline report of the study area, 2016