Table 3 Prevalence of EBF (n = 148) to the babies classified based on gender and birth weight, born by different mode of delivery to the mothers having different religions, type of families and number of children

EBF Period (Months)

Gender (No., %)

Birth weight^a (No., %)

Mode of delivery (No., %)

Type of family (No., %)

Religion (No., %)

No. of Children (No., %)

Male

Female

NBW

LBW

Caesarian

Vaginal

Nuclear

Extended

Hindu

Christian

1

2

3

 > 3

A

69 (67.6)

79 (74.5)

134 (76.1)

14 (43.8)

16 (51.6)

132 (74.6)

84 (68.9)

64 (74.4)

126 (70.4)

22 (75.9)

26 (78.8)

46 (66.7)

53 (72.6)

23 (69.7)

B

46.6

53.4

90.5

9.5

10.8

89.2

56.8

43.2

85.1

14.9

17.6

31.1

35.8

15.5

EBF period (months)

Educational Level (No., %)

Knowledge on EBF (No., %)

Employment

Monthly ncome (× 10,000) (No., %)

Wealth Index (No., %)

No Formal Educ

Primary

Junior Secondary

Senior Secondary

Secondary pass

Diploma or Degree

Yes

No

Unemployed

Professional

Non-Professional

 ≤ 19.999

2.0–3.9999

 ≥ 4.0

Poor

2^nd

Middle

4th

A

0 (0.0)

4 (44.4)

66 (75.9)

44 (78.6)

26 (65.0)

8 (57.1)

101 (68.7)

47 (77.0)

131 (74.4)

13 (50.0)

4 (66.7)

55 (61.1)

78 (83.0)

15 (62.5)

21 (70.0)

48 (73.8)

68 (77.3)

11 (44.4)

B

0.0

2.7

44.6

29.7

52.7

5.4

68.2

31.8

88.5

15.5

2.7

37.2

52.7

10.1

14.3

32.4

45.9

7.4