Research Article
Prevalence and Associated Factors of Nonexclusive Breastfeeding to Infants within the First 6 Months in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2014
Table 1
Sociodemographic and economic characteristics of study participants in Gondar town, northwest Ethiopia, 2014.
| | Variable | Subcity (urban) () | Rural () | Frequency () |
| | Maternal age | | | | | 15–19 | 35 (5.15%) | 8 (5.4%) | 43 (5.2%) | | 20–24 | 144 (21.1%) | 30 (20.4%) | 174 (21.0%) | | 25–29 | 283 (41.6%) | 51 (34.7%) | 334 (40.3%) | | 30–34 | 142 (20.9%) | 27 (18.4%) | 169 (20.4%) | | 35–39 | 51 (7.5%) | 23 (15.6%) | 74 (8.9%) | | 40–44 | 23 (3.4%) | 8 (5.4%) | 31 (3.7%) | | ≥45 | 3 (0.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (0.4%) | | Mother’s ethnicity | | | | | Amhara | 648 (95.2%) | 115 (78.2%) | 763 (92.1%) | | Oromo | 11 (1.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 11 (1.3%) | | Tigray | 17 (2.5%) | 1 (0.7%) | 18 (2.2%) | | Others | 5 (0.7%) | 31 (21.1%) | 36 (4.3%) | | Mother’s religion | | | | | Orthodox | 536 (78.7%) | 140 (95.2%) | 676 (81.6%) | | Muslim | 77 (11.3%) | 7 (4.8%) | 84 (10.1%) | | Protestant | 17 (2.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 17 (2.1%) | | Others | 51 (7.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 51 (6.2%) | | Marital status | | | | | Single | 8 (1.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 8 (1.0%) | | Married | 624 (91.6%) | 135 (91.8%) | 759 (91.7%) | | Divorced | 41 (6.0%) | 12 (8.2%) | 53 (6.4%) | | Widowed | 8 (1.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 8 (1.0%) |
| | Maternal educational status | | | | | Unable to read and write | 129 (18.9%) | 69 (46.9%) | 198 (23.9%) | | Read and write | 26 (3.8%) | 27 (18.4%) | 53 (6.4%) | | Primary education | 201 (29.5%) | 36 (24.5%) | 237 (28.6%) | | Secondary education | 162 (23.8%) | 14 (9.5%) | 176 (21.3%) | | Technical/vocational | 113 (16.6%) | 1 (0.7%) | 114 (13.8%) | | Higher education | 50 (7.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 50 (6.0%) | | Husband’s education | | | | | Unable to read and write | 66 (9.7%) | 40 (27.2%) | 106 (12.8%) | | Read and write | 30 (4.4%) | 51 (34.7%) | 81 (9.8%) | | Primary education | 176 (25.8%) | 45 (30.6%) | 221 (26.7%) | | Secondary education | 217 (31.9%) | 10 (6.8%) | 227 (27.4%) | | Technical/vocational | 8 (11.7%) | 1 (0.7%) | 81 (9.8%) | | Higher education | 112 (16.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 112 (13.5%) | | Family size | | | | | <4 | 593 (87.1%) | 77 (52.4%) | 670 (80.9%) | | ≥4 | 88 (12.9%) | 70 (47.6%) | 158 (19.1%) | | Total number of children | | | | | 1-2 | 587 (86.2%) | 73 (49.7%) | 660 (79.7%) | | 3-4 | 75 (11%) | 53 (36.1%) | 128 (15.5%) | | ≥5 | 19 (2.8%) | 21 (14.2%) | 40 (4.8%) | | Family income | | | | | <500 ETB | 7 (1.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 7 (0.8%) | | 500–1000 ETB | 205 (30.1%) | 68 (46.3%) | 273 (33.0%) | | 1000–1500 ETB | 126 (18.5%) | 75 (51.0%) | 201 (24.3%) | | ≥1500 ETB | 343 (50.4%) | 4 (2.7%) | 347 (41.9%) | | Mother’s occupation | | | | | Governmental employee | 96 (14.1%) | 1 (0.7%) | 97 (11.7%) | | Farmer | 10 (1.5%) | 119 (81.0%) | 129 (15.6%) | | Merchant | 102 (15.0%) | 9 (6.1%) | 111 (13.4%) | | Daily laborer | 65 (9.5%) | 4 (2.7%) | 69 (8.3%) | | Housewife | 400 (58.7%) | 14 (9.5%) | 414 (50%) | | Others | 8 (1.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 8 (1.0%) | | Husband’s occupation | | | | | Governmental employee | 112 (31.1%) | 1 (0.7%) | 213 (25.7%) | | Farmer | 30 (4.4%) | 135 (91.8%) | 165 (19.9%) | | Merchant | 193 (28.3%) | 10 (6.8%) | 203 (24.5%) | | Daily laborer | 159 (23.3%) | 1 (0.7%) | 160 (19.3%) | | Private employee | 87 (12.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | 87 (10.5%) |
| | Total | 681 (82.2%) | 147 (17.8%) | 828 (100%) |
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