Research Article
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 |
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