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Table 2 Infant feeding and health service characteristics among mothers of infants less than 6 months of age, Tigray & SNNPR, (n = 584)

From: Prevalence and factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding among rural mothers of infants less than six months of age in Southern Nations, Nationalities, Peoples (SNNP) and Tigray regions, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Numbers (n)

Percent (%)

ANC follow up

 Yes

527

90.4

Frequency of ANC visits

 Once

38

7.3

 Twice

81

15.6

 3 times

137

26.4

> 4 times

263

50.7

Breastfeeding counseling during pregnancy

 Yes

340

58.4

Place of Delivery

 Home

263

45.3

 Health facility

318

54.7

Mode of delivery

 Vaginal delivery

571

97.8

 Cesarean section

13

2.2

Did anyone help you with breastfeeding?

 Yes

251

43.1

Timing of support on breastfeeding received

 No support

333

57.0

 Within 1 h

206

35.3

 Within 24 h

35

6.0

 After 24 h

10

1.7

Where did you get the support?

 Home

59

23.7

 Health facility

190

76.3

Initiation of breastfeeding

 Within 1 h

479

82.6

 Above 1 h

101

17.4

Prelacteal feeding

 Yes

9

1.5

Frequency of breastfeeding

 < 8 times per day

41

7.1

> 8 times per day

536

92.9

Colostrum feeding

 Yes

515

88.3

Is the child still breastfeeding?

 Yes

580

99.5

Breastfeeding problem

 Yes

20

3.4

Mother’s knowledge of breastfeeding initiation

 Within 1 h

515

88.6

 Within 24 h

66

11.4

Mother’s knowledge about colostrum feeding

 Discarding

120

20.6

 Feeding to the new baby

462

79.4

 Exclusive breastfeeding practices

  

 Yes

513

88.0