Table 1 Characteristics of the study sample by exclusive breastfeeding status in Ethiopia, EDHS 2016 (n = 1034)
Variables | Exclusive BF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | No | Yes | ||
n (wt.%) | n (wt.%) | n (wt.%) | p | |
Maternal age | ||||
< 20 | 143 (13.3) | 18 (9.4) | 125 (13.9) | 0.327 |
20–34 | 753 (71.5) | 75 (69.3) | 678 (71.8) | |
35+ | 138 (15.2) | 17 (21.3) | 121 (14.4) | |
Wealth Index | ||||
Poorest | 394 (24.4) | 39 (17.5) | 355 (25.4) | 0.057 |
Poorer | 164 (23.4) | 20 (25.6) | 144 (23.1) | |
Middle | 123 (18.8) | 17 (25.2) | 106 (17.9) | |
Richer | 138 (18.1) | 19 (26.4) | 119 (17.0) | |
Richest | 215 (15.2) | 15 (5.2) | 200 (16.6) | |
Place of residence | ||||
Urban | 203 (11.3) | 16 (7.7) | 187 (11.8) | 0.265 |
Rural | 831 (88.7) | 94 (92.3) | 737 (88.2) | |
Education level of mothers | ||||
No education | 606 (59.4) | 73 (63.6) | 533 (58.8) | 0.797 |
Primary | 288 (30.4) | 27 (25.2) | 261 (31.2) | |
Secondary | 103 (8.0) | 7 (9.4) | 96 (7.8) | |
Higher | 37 (2.2) | 3 (1.8) | 34 (2.3) | |
Birth order | ||||
1 | 216 (22.1) | 21 (16.5) | 195 (22.9) | 0.098 |
2–3 | 318 (28.2) | 38 (25.5) | 280 (28.6) | |
4–6 | 328 (30.9) | 27 (27.0) | 301 (31.5) | |
≥ 7 | 172 (18.7) | 24 (30.9) | 148 (17.0) | |