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

Table 2

Cross-tabulation of maternal characteristics and position of mother and infant and attachment (latch-on) to the breast during feeding among mothers visiting health facilities in Areka town, Southern Ethiopia, 2017.

Characteristics	Grade of positioning			Attachment grade
	Poor; N (%)	Average; N (%)	Good; N (%)	Poor; N (%)	Average; N (%)	Good; N (%)
Maternal age
<20[n=21(8.3%)	10(47.6)	8(38.1)	3(14.3)	9(42.9)	6(28.6)	6(28.6)
20-30[n=174(69%)	64(36.8)	60(34.5)	50(28.7)	48(27.6)	66(34.5)	60(34.5)
>30[n=57(22.6%)	22(38.6)	23(40.4)	12(21.1)	18(31.6)	24(26.3)	15(26.3)
	x^2=3.176, p=0.529			x^2=3.274, p=0.513
Maternal education
No formal education	38(44.2)	30(34.9)	18(20.9)	26(30.2)	37(43.0)	23(26.7)
Primary	31(36.9)	29(34.5)	24(28.6)	29(34.5)	30(35.7)	25(29.8)
Secondary	15(28.8)	22(42.3)	15(28.8)	13(25.0)	19(36.5)	20(38.5)
> secondary	12(40.0)	10(33.3)	8(26.7)	7(23.3)	10(33.3)	13(43.3)
	x^2=4.013, p=.675			x^2=5.087, p=.533
Parity
1	56(47.1)	37(31.1)	26(21.8)	37(31.1)	43(36.1)	39(32.8)
2-5	37(28.7)	53(41.1)	39(30.2)	35(27.1)	52(40.3)	42(32.6)
>5	3(75.0)	1(25.0)	0(0.0)	3(75.0)	1(25.0)	0(0.0)
	x^2=12.354, p=0.015			x^2=4.895, p=0.298
Residence
Rural	55(39.9)	41(29.7)	42(30.4)	38(27.5)	49(35.5)	51(37.0)
urban	41(36.0)	50(43.9)	23(20.2)	37(32.5)	47(41.2)	30(26.3)
	x^2=6.257, p=0.044			x^2=3.243, p=0.198
Place of delivery
Home	17(32.1)	24(45.3)	12(22.6)	14(26.4)	30(56.6)	9(17)
Health facility	79(39.7)	67(33.7)	53(26.6)	61(30.7)	66(32.2)	72(36.2)
	x^2=2.460, p=0.292			x^2=11.088, p=0.004

n=number of mothers; significant at p< 0.05.