Breast fed within 1st hour of delivery | Yes | No | X2 | P-value | |||
Freq. | %age | Freq. | %age |
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Age group (Yrs) (n = 330) | 18 - 24 | 34 | 65% | 23 | 35% | 0.7 | 0.001 |
25 - 34 | 114 | 67% | 56 | 33% | |||
35 - 40 | 59 | 72% | 20 | 28% | |||
41 - 44 | 10 | 33% | 10 | 67% | |||
45 and above | 2 | 33% | 2 | 67% | |||
Marital status (n = 330) | Married | 115 | 73% | 43 | 27% | 12 | 0.001 |
Single | 62 | 65% | 34 | 35% | |||
cohabiting | 46 | 61% | 30 | 39% | |||
Religion (n = 330) | Catholic | 74 | 73% | 28 | 27% | 2 | 0.0001 |
Protestant | 86 | 77% | 26 | 23% | |||
Muslim | 40 | 49% | 42 | 51% | |||
Others | 24 | 71% | 10 | 29% | |||
Occupation (n = 330) | House wife | 56 | 72% | 26 | 28% |
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Public servant | 59 | 55% | 39 | 45% | 9 | 0.2 | |
Self employed | 85 | 83% | 15 | 17% | |||
Others | 31 | 64% | 19 | 36% |