Table 4 Reasons reported by mothers for delaying the initiation of breastfeeding
From: Determinants of the early initiation of breastfeeding in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Reasons | Central (Riyadh): n = 500 | Eastern (Dammam): n = 300 | Northern (Hail): n = 300 | Western (Jeddah): n = 300 | Southern (Jazan): n = 300 | KSA: n = 1700 | ||||||
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n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Delay at the place of delivery | 114 | 37 | 72 | 36 | 130 | 49 | 82 | 44 | 44 | 35 | 442 | 40.9 |
Caesarean delivery | 74 | 24 | 39 | 20 | 60 | 23 | 73 | 39 | 34 | 27 | 280 | 25.9 |
Mother sickness | 38 | 12 | 23 | 12 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 116 | 10.7 |
Child given prelacteal feed | 4 | 1 | 39 | 20 | 30 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 18 | 111 | 10.3 |
Cultural factors | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1.1 |
Child sickness | 29 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 4.6 |
No reasons | 28 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2.6 |
Lack of breast milk | 8 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 2.3 |
Lack of knowledge of breastfeeding | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 1.6 |
Total | 308 | 100 | 198 | 100 | 263 | 100 | 186 | 100 | 126 | 100 | 1081 | 100 |