Magnitude and determinants of early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding at six weeks postpartum: evidence from the PMA Ethiopia longitudinal survey

Table 4 Children’s breastfeeding initiation time, among infants six weeks old and still alive at the time of interview, PMA Ethiopia 2019–2021 cohort (n = 2564)

Time to breastfeeding initiation	n	%
Within 1 h of delivery	1996	77.8
1 h to 24 h. of delivery	648	25.3
24 h. to 48 h. of delivery	103	4.00
> 48 h of delivery	74	2.9
BF not initiated by the time of 6 week survey	180	7.0
Total	2564	100

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