Less than one-fifth of the mothers practised exclusive breastfeeding in the emerging regions of Ethiopia: a multilevel analysis of the 2016 Ethiopian demographic and health survey

Table 3 Child characteristics and information sources for breastfeeding among participants in the emerging regions of Ethiopia, EDHS 2016 (n = 1406)

Variables	Category	Frequency (n)	Percent (%)
Sex of the child	Male	746	53.0
Sex of the child	Female	660	47.0
Current age of the child in months	0–6	484	34.4
	7–12	381	27.1
	13–23	541	38.5
Size of the child at birth	Large	372	26.5
	Average	561	39.9
	Small	473	33.6
Birth order	1	240	17.1
	2–5	788	56.0
	6+	378	26.9
Preceding birth interval in months	<=24	331	23.5
	25–36	393	28.0
	37–48	238	16.9
	> = 49	444	31.6
Had diarrhoea recently	Yes	185	13.2
Had diarrhoea recently	No	1221	86.8
Had cough recently	Yes	173	12.3
Had cough recently	No	1233	87.7
Had fever recently	Yes	198	14.1
Had fever recently	No	1208	85.9

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