Table 3 Exclusive breastfeeding practices among the study participants
Variables | Maternal Employment | Â | |
|---|---|---|---|
Employed N (%) | Unemployed N (%) | P value* | |
Timely initiation of breastfeeding | |||
 Yes | 95 (84.1) | 382 (85.8) | 0.633 |
 No | 18 (15.9) | 63 (14.2) |  |
Pre-lactal feeding | |||
 Yes | 13 (11.5) | 41 (9.2) | 0.462 |
 No | 100 (88.5) | 404 (90.8) |  |
EBF status | |||
 Exclusively Breastfed | 28 (24.8) | 369 (82.9) | 0.000 |
 Non-Exclusively Breastfed | 85 (75.2) | 76 (17.1) |  |
Reason for Non-exclusive Breast feeding | |||
 Decreased milk secretion | 4 (4.8) | 34 (44.2) | 0.000 |
 Only Breast milk not enough | 10 (9.6) | 35 (45.5) |  |
 Was at work place | 68 (81.9) | 0 (0.0) |  |
 Illness of mother | 3 (3.6) | 8 (10.4) |  |