Exclusive Breastfeeding and Associated Factors among Mothers with Twins in the Tamale Metropolis

Table 4

Maternal factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding.

Variable	Exclusive breast feeding		p-value
	No ()	Yes ()
Mother’s age (in years)
<20 years	10.0	0.0	0.301
21–35 years	42.0	9.0
>35 years	31.0	8.0
Marital status
Single	6.0	5.9	0.278
Married	80.7	94.1
Co-habiting	13.3	0.0
Educational level
Low educational level	65.1	70.6	0.661
High educational level	34.9	29.4
Employment status
Employed	88.0	70.6	0.068
Unemployed	12.0	29.4
Ownership of television
Yes	74.7	58.8	0.184
No	25.3	41.2
Ownership of radio
Yes	74.7	58.8	0.041
No	25.3	41.2
Initiation of breastfeeding
<30 mins	2.4	5.9	0.702
30–1 hr	20.5	23.5
1–24 hrs	41.0	47.1
>1 day	36.1	23.5
Perceived onset of lactation
1 day	12.0	29.4	0.245
2 days	47.0	47.1
3 days	34.9	17.6
>3 days	6.1	5.9
Delivery type
Vaginal delivery	36.1	47.1	0.398
Caesarean section	63.9	52.9
Breastfeeding counselling
No	54.2	52.9	0.923
Yes	45.8	47.1
Decision to EBF after delivery
No	39.8	58.8	0.148
Yes	60.2	41.2
Confident of producing enough milk
No	61.4	35.3	0.047
Yes	38.6	64.7
Average monthly income
<GH₵200	18.0	82	0.237
≥GH₵200	12.5	87.5
Don’t know	28.0	72.0