Exclusive Breastfeeding Practice and Its Associated Factors among Mothers of Infants Less Than Six Months of Age in Debre Tabor Town, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of the mothers with their infants () among mothers who gave birth in the last 6 months in Debre Tabor town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2014.

Variables	Frequency	Percentage (%)
Age of mother (in years)
<20	21	4.6
20–29	279	61.6
≥30	153	33.8
Ethnic group
Amhara	448	98.8
Tigre	5	1.2
Marital status
Single	30	6.6
Married	412	90.9
Divorced	6	1.3
Widowed	5	1.1
Religion
Orthodox	438	96.6
Muslim	13	2.9
Protestant	2	0.5
Maternal education
Cannot read and write	43	9.5
Primary school (1–8)	380	83.8
Secondary school and higher	30	6.7
Caregivers income
≤300	47	10.4
300–999	218	48.1
≥1000	188	41.5
Occupation
Merchant	141	31.2
Housewife	231	50.9
Government employee	71	15.7
Other	10	2.2
Sex of the infants
Male	159	35.1
Female	294	64.9
Infants age (in months)
≤1	105	23.2
2-3	180	39.8
4–6	168	37.0

: students, farmers, and daily laborers.