Research Article
Breastfeeding Practices, Demographic Variables, and Their Association with Morbidities in Children
Table 2
Univariate analysis for time of starting breastfeeding after birth in children more than 2 years.
| Variables | When did breastfeeding start? | p value | After 1st hour of birth (%) | Within 1st hour of birth (%) |
| Elder siblings | | | | No | 129 (37.7) | 213 (62.3) | 0.018 | More than/equal to 1 | 197 (46.2) | 229 (53.8) | Births | | | | Multifetal | 2 (12.5) | 14 (87.5) | 0.014 | Single | 325 (43.2) | 428 (56.8) | Studied up to | | | | Less than 4th standard | 49 (45.4) | 59 (54.6) | 0.51 | 4th standard and above | 278 (42) | 384 (58) | Bottle feeding | | | | No | 283 (86.8) | 346 (79.0) | 0.003 | Yes | 43 (13.2) | 92 (21.0) | Duration of breastfeeding | | | | Less than 2 years | 293 (97.1) | 371 (93.5) | 0.032 | 2 years or more | 9 (2.9) | 26 (6.5) | Exclusive breastfeeding | | | | Other than 6 months/more than 1 year | 161 (49.1) | 171 (38.8) | 0.004 | 6 months | 167 (50.9) | 270 (61.2) |
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Column percentages are reported.
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