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)

Column percentages are reported.