Research Article
Determinants of Exclusive Breastfeeding of Infants under Six Months among Cambodian Mothers
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics and maternal healthcare access and behaviors.
| Characteristics | | Freq. | % |
| Residence | | | Urban | 99 | 13.8 | Rural | 618 | 86.2 | Maternal age in years | | | <18 | 33 | 4.6 | 18-34 | 634 | 88.5 | 35-49 | 49 | 6.9 | Mean mother age in year (SD) | 26.2 (0.4) | Maternal education () | | | No schooling | 81 | 11.3 | Primary school | 353 | 49.3 | Secondary school/higher | 282 | 39.4 | Current marital status | | | Currently married/in union | 692 | 96.5 | Formerly married | 25 | 3.5 | Employment | | | No job/not working | 297 | 41.5 | Agricultural/self-employed | 190 | 26.5 | Professional/technical/sales | 114 | 15.9 | Others | 116 | 16.1 | Wealth index | | | Low | 296 | 41.4 | Middle | 152 | 21.1 | High | 269 | 37.5 | Religion | | | Buddhist | 686 | 95.8 | Others | 30 | 4.2 | Infant weight at birth (gram) | | | ≥2500 | 649 | 90.6 | <2500 | 67 | 9.4 | Mean infant weight in gram (SD) | 3468.7 (1780) | Birth order | | | 1st | 305 | 42.6 | 2nd | 226 | 31.6 | 3rd | 98 | 13.6 | ≥4th | 87 | 12.2 | Sex of infant | | | Boy | 344 | 48.0 | Girl | 373 | 52.0 | Infant age in months () | | | ≤1 | 210 | 29.4 | 2–3 | 257 | 35.8 | 4–5 | 249 | 34.8 | Mean age of infant in month (SD) | 2.7 (1.6) | Singleton child status | | | Single birth | 704 | 98.2 | Twin or multiple | 13 | 1.8 | Exclusive breastfeeding | 467 | 65.2 | Early breastfeeding (in hour) | | | ≥1 hour | 253 | 36.2 | <1 hour | 445 | 63.8 | Maternal delivery place | | | Public hospitals | 532 | 74.3 | Private facilities | 127 | 17.7 | Others | 57 | 8.0 | Delivery by cesarean section | 75 | 10.5 | Report of smoking cigarette | 18 | 2.6 | Current contraceptive use | 129 | 17.9 | Received at least 4 ANC checks during pregnancy | 406 | 56.6 | Received PNC check within two months of delivery | 577 | 83.3 |
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