Research Article
Knowledge and Practice of Employed Mothers towards Exclusive Breastfeeding and Its Associated Factors in Mecha District, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 2
Respondents’ child characteristics and related information in Mecha district, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 429).
| Variables | Category | Frequency | Percentage |
| Feed the colostrum soon after birth | No | 48 | 11.2 | Yes | 381 | 88.8 | Is this your first child? | No | 202 | 47.1 | Yes | 227 | 52.9 | Have a private place to express breast milk | No | 384 | 89.5 | Yes | 45 | 10.5 | Gestational age (at birth) | 37–42 weeks | 357 | 83.2 | <37 weeks | 29 | 6.8 | >42 weeks | 43 | 10 | Current child birth at health facilities | No | 37 | 8.6 | Yes | 392 | 91.4 |
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