Vaginal Delivery and Maternal Knowledge on Correct Breastfeeding Initiation Time as Predictors of Early Breastfeeding Initiation: Lesson from a Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Breastfeeding practice and knowledge of the respondents on timely initiation of breastfeeding (𝑛=819) in Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia, June 2012.

Variables	Frequency (%)
Ever breastfeeding
Yes	815 (99.5)
No	4 (0.5)
Initiation time (𝑛=815)
Within one hour of birth	709 (87.0)
After one hour of birth	106 (13.0)
Colostrums discarded (𝑛=815)
Yes	136 (16.7)
No	679 (83.3)
Prelacteal feeding (𝑛=815)
Yes	220 (27.0)
No	595 (73.0)
Breastfeeding difficulty
Yes	97 (11.9)
No	718 (89.1)
Exclusive breastfeeding practice
Yes	412 (50.3)
No	407 (49.7)
Know early initiation time
Yes	661 (80.7)
No	158 (19.3)
Received infant feeding advice/counseling
Yes	766 (93.5)
No	53 (6.5)