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Table 3 Respondents’ characteristics

From: The financial need of feeding infants for the first six months of life in West Java Province of Indonesia and the implications of socioeconomic and mental health factors

 

DBF

 

IBF2

 

PEB3

 

CMF4

n

%

 

n

%

 

n

%

 

n

%

Age

           

< 30 years

188

61%

 

19

59%

 

45

52%

 

16

59%

> 30 years

122

39%

 

13

41%

 

42

48%

 

11

41%

Education

           

Did not go

to school

2

1%

 

0

0%

 

1

1%

 

0

0%

Elementary

52

17%

 

4

13%

 

13

15%

 

8

30%

Junior high

school

131

42%

 

4

13%

 

25

29%

 

5

19%

Senior high

school

109

35%

 

12

38%

 

40

46%

 

12

44%

Diploma

9

3%

 

2

6%

 

2

2%

 

0

0%

Undergraduate

7

2%

 

10

31%

 

6

7%

 

2

7%

Marital status

           

Married

304

98%

 

32

100%

 

83

95%

 

25

93%

Divorce

6

2%

 

0

0%

 

4

5%

 

2

7%

Work status

           

Employed

14

5%

 

11

34%

 

10

36%

 

24

28%

Unemployed

296

95%

 

21

66%

 

18

64%

 

62

72%

Number of children

           

1

109

35%

 

12

38%

 

36

41%

 

14

52%

> 1

201

65%

 

20

63%

 

51

59%

 

13

48%

  1. Direct exclusive breastfeeding, 2Indirect exclusive breastfeeding, 3Partial exclusive breastfeeding, 4Commercial milk formula
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