Modelling the Trend and Determinants of Breastfeeding Initiation in Nigeria

Table 2

Frequency distribution (percentage in parenthesis) of all the 30,475 nursing mothers by their timing of breastfeeding initiation behaviours from 1990 to 2008. The chi-square test of association between timing of breastfeeding initiation and years of study is statistically significant (𝑃<0.001).

Factor	Timing of breastfeeding initiation		Total	𝑃 value
	Early (0)	Delayed (1)
Year
1990 (ref)	1,505 (31.4%)	3,283 (68.6%)	4,788 (15.71%)	<0.001
1999	1,319 (40.6%)	1,927 (59.4%)	3,246 (10.61%)
2003	1,593 (32.4%)	3,329 (67.6%)	4,922 (16.15%)
2008	6,861 (39.2%)	10,658 (60.8%)	17,519 (57.49%)
Total	11,278 (37.0%)	19,197 (63.0%)	30,475 (100.0%)