Variables

Frequency

Percentage

Ethnicity

Yoruba

346

75.7

Igbo

56

12.3

Hausa

4

0.8

Minority group

51

11.2

Religion

Muslim

86

18.8

Christian

371

81.2

Age in years (n = 395)

Less than 20 years

2

0.5

20 - 25 years

250

63.3

26 - 30 years

138

34.9

Greater than 30 years

5

1.3

Mean (SD) = 25 (±3) years

Marital status

Single

323

70.7

Engaged

56

12.3

Married

78

17.1

Intended year to marry (n = 234)

Less than 1 year

30

12.8

About 1 year

111

47.4

About 2 years

52

22.2

About 3 - 4 years

41

17.5

Median = 1 year

Ever given birth

Yes

57

12.5

No

400

87.5

Ever involved in any formal or informal breastfeeding discussion

Yes

341

74.6

No

116

25.4

Source of information

Social media

276

60.4

Family/friends

115

25.2

Religious places

28

6.1

Medical places

94

20.6

Seminar

20

4.4

Total

457

100