Exclusive Breastfeeding and Its Determinants in Yaoundé, Cameroon: A Retrospective Survival Analysis

Table 2

Demographic distribution and characteristics of babies ( =503).

Variable	Level	Number	Percentage
Sex	Male	241	47.9
	Female	262	52.1
Colostrum intake	Yes	464	92.2
	No	39	7.8
Contracted diarrhea; During the study	Yes	133	26.4
	No	370	73.6
Developed respiratory problems during the study	Yes	31	6.2
	No	472	93.8
Babies ages	6 months	224	44.5
	7 months	54	10.7
	8 months	16	3.2
	9 months	197	39.2
	10 months	12	2.4

Worthy of note is that 92.2% of babies were initiated to breastfeeding and equally received colostrum; meanwhile, 7.8% of babies were not initiated to breastfeeding and as a result did not equally receive colostrum.