Table 1 Background characteristics of population by region and breastfeeding status (N = 574)
Factor | Category | Eastern region n = 268 | Mid-western region n = 306 | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Partial breastfeeding N (%) | Full breastfeeding N (%) | Partial breastfeeding N (%) | Full breastfeeding N (%) | |||
Age of mother | <  20 years | 7 (5.9) | 5 (3.4) | 5 (3.1) | 10 (6.8) | 0.811 |
> 20 years | 112 (94.1) | 144 (96.6) | 155 (96.9) | 136 (93.2) | ||
Maternal education | No formal education | 5 (4.2) | 8 (5.4) | 27 (16.9) | 23 (15.8) | <  0.001 |
School level education | 70 (58.8) | 74 (49.7) | 116 (72.5) | 99 (67.8) | ||
College level education | 44 (37) | 67 (45) | 17 (10.6) | 24 (16.4) | ||
Occupation of mother | Homemaker mother | 84 (70.6) | 80 (43.7) | 127 (79.4) | 115 (78.8) | <  0.001 |
Working mother | 35 (29.4) | 69 (46.3) | 33 (20.6) | 31 (21.3) | ||
Urbanization | Rural municipality | 62 (52.1) | 91 (61.1) | 101 (63.1) | 96 (65.8) | 0.074 |
Urban municipality | 57 (47.9) | 58 (38.9) | 59 (36.9) | 50 (34.2) | ||
Caste stratification (based on BPL cutoff) | Highly disadvantaged (> 40% BPL) | 3 (2.5) | 15 (10.1) | 22 (13.8) | 16 (11) | 0.022 |
Disadvantaged/relatively advantaged (<=40% BPL) | 116 (97.5) | 149 (89.9) | 138 (86.2) | 130 (89) | ||
Socio-economic status | Middle/high score 11–29 | 84 (70.6) | 112 (75.2) | 148 (92.5) | 126 (86.3) | <  0.001 |
lower score 0–10 | 35 (29.4) | 37 (24.8) | 12 (7.5) | 20 (13.7) | ||