Research Article
Breastfeeding Practices, Demographic Variables, and Their Association with Morbidities in Children
Table 3
Univariate analysis for exclusive breastfeeding in children more than 2 years.
| | Variables | Duration of exclusive breastfeeding | value | Other than 6 months
(%) | 6 months
(%) |
| | Problems in breastfeeding in first 6 months | | | | | No | 101 (42.1) | 139 (57.9) | 0.095 | | Yes | 25 (55.6) | 20 (44.4) | | Studied up to | | | | | Less than 4th standard | 18 (46.2) | 21 (53.8) | 0.776 | | 4th standard and above | 108 (43.7) | 139 (56.3) | | Bottle-feeding | | | | | No | 96 (42.9) | 128 (57.1) | 0.438 | | Yes | 30 (48.4) | 32 (51.6) | | Occupation | | | | | Employed | 22 (47.8) | 24 (52.2) | 0.574 | | Housewife | 104 (43.3) | 136 (56.7) | | Sex of child | | | | | Female | 56 (50.5) | 55 (49.5) | 0.083 | | Male | 70 (40.0) | 105 (60.0) | | Religion | | | | | Christian | 7 (50.0) | 7 (50.0) | 0.498 | | Hindu | 111 (44.9) | 136 (55.1) | | Muslin | 8 (33.3) | 16 (66.7) | | Nutrition | | | | | Normal | 65 (40.4) | 96 (59.6) | 0.581 | | Moderate malnutrition | 21 (45.7) |
25 (54.3) | | Overweight | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | | Severe malnutrition | 35 (50.0) | 35 (50.0) | | Duration of breastfeeding | | | | | Less than 6 Months | 47 (14.7) | 0 (0.0) | <0.0001 | | 6 to 23 months | 260 (81.2) | 361 (94.2) | | 24 months or more | 13 (4.1) | 22 (5.8) | | Number of breastfeeds per 24 hours | | | | | Less than 8 times | 270 (80.4) | 312 (71.5) | 0.005 | | 8 times or more | 66 (19.6) | 124 (28.5) |
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Column percentages are reported.
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