A qualitative exploration of the sociocultural determinants of exclusive breastfeeding practices among rural mothers, North West Nigeria

Table 1 Participants’ sociodemographic information

Characteristics	n (N = 20)
Ethnicity
Hausa	15
Fulani	5
Education
Formal education	Nil
Informal education (Arabic school)^a	4
No education	16
Occupation
Housewife	19
Subsistence farmer	1
Place of last birth
Home	17
Health centre^b	3
Number of antenatal clinic visits
3 or more visits	6
1–2 visits	7
No visits	7

^aThose Arabic schools not recognized by the Government are referred to as informal
^bOne participant had a caesarean birth