Maternal knowledge, outcome expectancies and normative beliefs as determinants of cessation of exclusive breastfeeding: a cross-sectional study in rural Kenya

Table 1 Study participants’ socio-demographic characteristics^a

	Estimate
Mothers Characteristics^b
Mothers’ age (years) (mean ± SD)	27.3 ± 7.2
School years (mean ± SD)	8.5 ± 2.8
Highest grade:
None	1.8
Some Primary	27.9
Completed Primary	36.2
Secondary School	31.1
Post-Secondary School	3.0
Children’s Characteristics^c:
Female	49
Age (months) (mean ± SD)	8.4 ± 6.2
Less than 6 months old	42.3
6 to 12 months old	35.5
Greater than 12 months old	22.3
Birth weight (mean ± SD)	3.3 ± 0.6
Low birth weight	16
Premature birth	5.5

^aEstimates are percentages unless indicated otherwise
^b N = 399 for mothers age and 398 for mother’s education
^c N = 400 for child’s sex, age and prematurity status; n = 398 for child’s birth weight

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