Colostrum avoidance practice among primipara mothers in urban Northwest Ethiopia. A cross-sectional study

Table 1 Socio-demographic Characteristics of first-time mothers having infants less than 6 months old, in Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016

Variable	Category(n = 398)	Frequency	Percent (%)
Sex of infant	Male	212	53.3
Sex of infant	Female	186	46.7
Age of infant (in months)	0–2.9 months	209	52.5
	3–3.9 months	99	24.9
	4–4.9 months	38	9.5
	5–5.9 months	52	13.1
Age of mother (in years)	15–29 years	207	52.0
Age of mother (in years)	30–49 years	191	48.0
Religion of mother	Orthodox	277	69.6
	Muslims	95	23.9
	Others ^a*	26	6.5
Ethnic of the Mother	Amhara	348	87.4
	Oromo	32	8.0
	Others ^b*	18	4.5
Educational Level of mother	Uneducated	251	63.1
Educational Level of mother	Educated	147	36.9
Marital status of mother	Married	345	86.7
Marital status of mother	Unmarried ^c*	53	13.3
occupation of mother	Unemployed ^{d *}	294	73.9
occupation of mother	Employed	104	26.1
Father’s Educational level(n = 344)	Uneducated	154	44.8
Father’s Educational level(n = 344)	Educated	190	55.2
Father’s occupation(n = 344)	Employed	184	53.5
Father’s occupation(n = 344)	Unemployed	160	46.5
Type of family	Nuclear	323	81.2
Type of family	Extended	75	18.8
Household income ^e*	< 1500 Birr	35	8.8
Household income ^e*	> 1500 Birr	363	91.2

a* = Catholic, Protestant, Jehovah; b* = Tigrie, Agaw, Gurage; c* = single, divorced, widowed, d * = house wife, daily laborers, e* = 1 $US = 17 Birr
(Ethiopian)

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