International Breastfeeding Journal

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants, N = 1644

From: Prevalence of and factors associated with early initiation of breastfeeding among women with children aged < 24 months in Kilimanjaro region, northern Tanzania: a community-based cross-sectional study

Variable	Frequency	Percentage
District of residence
Rombo	372	22.6
Moshi urban	170	10.3
Same	355	21.6
Mwanga	179	10.9
Hai	296	18.0
Siha	272	16.6
Area of residence^a
Urban	365	22.2
Rural	1278	77.8
Maternal age in years^a
15–24	609	37.2
25–34	733	44.7
35–49	297	18.1
Mean ± SD	28 ± 7
Marital status^a
Married	1213	73.9
Single	357	21.7
Divorced/widow	72	4.4
Maternal education level^a
Non-formal	56	3.4
Primary	1020	62.1
Secondary and above	566	34.5
Employed with salary^a
No	1418	86.4
Yes	224	13.6
Partner education level^a
Non-formal	40	2.8
Primary	849	58.9
Secondary and above	552	38.3

^aFrequencies do not tally to the total due to missing values in these variables

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