Knowledge and Practice of Employed Mothers towards Exclusive Breastfeeding and Its Associated Factors in Mecha District, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 3

Respondents’ knowledge towards breastfeeding in Mecha district, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 429).

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percentage
Had good knowledge (say yes ≥ mean of the following ten questions)	No	34	7.9
	Yes	395	92.1
Breastfed children are more benefitted than formula milk-fed children.	No	96	22.4
	Yes	333	77.6
Breast milk contains all the essential nutrients for a newborn child	No	28	6.5
	Yes	401	93.5
Breastfeeding is a good contraceptive method	No	116	27
	Yes	313	73
Semisolid/solid foods should be introduced to the baby at six months of age	No	47	11
	Yes	382	89
Exclusive breastfeeding does not prohibit giving water to the infant	No	215	50.1
	Yes	214	49.9
Breastfeeding promotes mother-baby attachment	No	39	9.1
	Yes	390	90.9
Immune systems of breastfed infants are more developed than those of formula-fed infants	No	360	83.9
	Yes	69	16.1
Feed initial yellow breast milk (colostrum) soon after birth to your new baby	No	48	11.2
	Yes	381	88.8
Colostrum is nutritionally useless for the baby and should be discarded	No	350	81.6
	Yes	79	18.4
A new-born baby should suck breast milk before a minimum of one day following delivery	No	92	21.4
	Yes	337	78.6