Research Article

Prevalence and Associated Factors of Nonexclusive Breastfeeding to Infants within the First 6 Months in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2014

Table 2

Obstetric and health care related factors of participants in Gondar town, northwest Ethiopia, 2014.

VariableCategoryFrequency ()Percent (%)

Antenatal careYes80597.2
No232.8

Informed complementary feeding at antenatal careYes66680.4
No16219.6

Place of birth of last childHome13616.4
Governmental hospital40548.9
Health center24429.5
Health post20.2
Private hospital/clinic415.0

Delivery attendanceDoctor18222.0
Nurse/midwife50761.2
Health extension workers20.2
Traditional birth attendants495.9
Relative/friend8810.6

Attended postnatal careYes68682.9
No14217.1

Counseled about complementary feeding at postnatal careYes61073.7
No21826.3

Heard information about complementary feedingYes77894.0
No506.0