Breast Feeding Practice: Positioning and Attachment during Breast Feeding among Lactating Mothers Visiting Health Facility in Areka Town, Southern Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of mothers visiting health facilities in Areka town, Southern Ethiopia, 2017.

Variable	Category	Frequency (%)
Marital status	Never married	2(0.8 )
	Married or living together	231(91.7)
	Divorced/separated/widowed	19(7.5 )
Husband’s educational level	No formal education	83(32.9)
	Primary	72(28.6)
	Secondary	56(22.2)
	Above secondary	41(16.3)
Age of respondents	<20	21(8.3)
	20-30	174(69.0)
	>30	57(22.6)
The religion of the respondent	Protestant	132(52.4)
	Orthodox	94(37.3)
	Catholic	16(6.3)
	Muslim	10(4)
Ethnicity	Wolayita	224(88.9)
	Gurage	13(5.2)
	Amhara	8(3.2)
	Hadiya	7(2.8)
Mothers educational level	No formal education	86(34.1)
	Primary	84(33.3)
	Secondary	52(20.6)
	Above secondary	30(11.9)