Timely Initiation of Breastfeeding and Its Associated Factors at the Public Health Facilities of Dire Dawa City, Eastern Ethiopia, 2021

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of the mothers who attended the child immunization clinic in the public health facilities of Dire Dawa city, Eastern Ethiopia, 2021 ().

Variables	No. (%)
Maternal age in years
15-19	20 (6.6)
20-25	138 (45.7)
36-30	110 (36.4)
≥31	34 (11.3)
Residence
Rural	62 (20.3)
Urban	244 (79.7)
Religion
Muslim	157 (52.0)
Orthodox	132 (43.7)
Others	13 (4.3)
Marital status
Married	287 (95.0)
Others	15 (5.0)
Maternal educational level
Had no formal education	50 (16.6)
Primary education	117 (38.7)
Secondary education	78 (25.8)
Diploma and above	57 (18.9)
Maternal occupational status
Housewife	172 (57.0)
Merchants	80 (26.5)
Employed	50 (16.5)
Partner educational level ()
No formal education	37 (12.9)
Primary education	82 (28.6)
Secondary education	89 (30.0)
Diploma and above	79 (27.5)
Mother living with
Partner	260 (86.1)
With other else	42 (13.9)

Protestant and Catholic. Single, divorced, and widowed.