Table 1 Background characteristics of the infants aged 0–5 months and their mothers (N = 1015)

1015

59.2

[55.7,62.7]

Sex of an infant

 Male

507

50

59

[54.2,63.7]

 Female

508

50

59.4

[54.4,64.3]

Infant’s age (month)

 0

194

19.1

89.4

[83.7,93.3]

 1

184

18.1

78.4

[71.1,84.2]

 2

175

17.2

63.4

[54.9,71.2]

 3

159

15.7

53.4

[44.5,62.0]

 4

181

17.8

33

[25.1,41.9]

 5

122

12

18.1

[11.5,27.3]

Mother’s age (years)

 Less than 18

49

4.8

49.6

[32.7,66.6]

 18–24

411

40.5

58.4

[52.8,63.9]

 25+

555

54.7

60.8

[55.7,65.7]

Current marital status

 Never in union/widowed/divorced/no longer living together

147

14.5

57.7

[48.4,66.5]

 Married/living with partner

868

85.5

59.5

[55.7,63.2]

Wealth index

 Lowest

258

25.4

58.9

[51.6,65.8]

 Lower

209

20.6

63

[54.5,70.8]

 Middle

179

17.6

58.7

[50.5,66.4]

 Higher

214

21.1

58.1

[49.3,66.3]

 Highest

155

15.3

56.8

[47.2,65.9]

Mother’s residence

 Urban

243

23.9

51.4

[44.0,58.7]

 Rural

772

76.1

62.2

[58.2,66.1]

Literacy

 Cannot read at all

291

28.7

53.5

[46.4,60.5]

 Able to read only parts of sentence

54

5.3

49.5

[36.6,62.4]

 Able to read whole sentence

670

66

62.5

[57.8,66.9]

Who responndent works for

 For family member/Someone else

362

35.7

62

[56.0,67.6]

 Self-employed

410

40.4

61.5

[55.6,67.0]

 Not working

243

23.9

51.3

[43.7,58.9]

Assisted by nurse/midwife during delivery

 No

420

41.4

58.3

[52.5,63.8]

 Yes

595

58.6

59.8

[55.1,64.4]

Counselled on breastfeeding:<=2 days postpartum

 No

693

68.3

59.6

[55.4,63.6]

 Yes

322

31.7

58.6

[51.5,65.3]

Frequency of listening to radio

 Not at all

276

27.2

60.7

[53.8,67.2]

 Less than once a week

359

35.4

58.5

[52.2,64.6]

 At least once a week

380

37.4

58.8

[52.6,64.7]

Frequency of watching television

 Not at all

597

58.8

60.1

[55.5,64.5]

 Less than once a week

240

23.6

59.2

[51.7,66.3]

 At least once a week

178

17.5

56

[47.4,64.2]