Research Article
Knowledge and Practice of Employed Mothers towards Exclusive Breastfeeding and Its Associated Factors in Mecha District, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics and related information of respondents in Mecha district, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 429).
| Variables | Category | Frequency | Percentage |
| Actual time back to work | Less than 4 months | 163 | 38.0 | 4 months and above | 266 | 62.0 | Educational status | Certificate and below | 235 | 54.8 | Above certificate | 194 | 45.2 | Maternity leave taken | Less than 4 months | 120 | 28.0 | 4 months and above | 309 | 72.0 | Occupation | Government | 275 | 64.1 | Private | 154 | 35.9 | Support from the husband | No | 143 | 33.3 | Yes | 286 | 66.7 | Marital status | Married | 403 | 93.9 | Divorced | 24 | 5.6 | Widowed | 2 | 0.5 | Age of the mother | <25 | 69 | 16.1 | 25–35 | 277 | 64.6 | >35 | 83 | 19.3 | Residence | Urban | 305 | 71.1 | Rural | 124 | 28.9 | Religion | Orthodox | 398 | 92.8 | Muslim | 24 | 5.6 | Others | 7 | 1.6 |
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