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Table 5 Cross tabulation of EBF and some Sociodemographic predictors of exclusive breastfeeding

From: Knowledge and practice of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers in the tamale metropolis of Ghana

Variables

Exclusive breast feeding

Total

Pearson Chi-square value

P-values

No

Yes

Education of mother

JHS and lower

151

53

204

3.708

.157

SSS

65

35

100

  

Tertiary

68

21

89

  

Total

 

284

109

393

  

Employment Status

Unemployed

96

41

137

.504

.478

Worker

188

68

256

  

Total

 

284

109

393

  

Sex of child

Female

173

54

227

4.177

.041

Males

111

55

166

  

Total

 

284

109

393

  

Age of mother

25 years and below

180

59

239

2.828

.093

25 years and more

104

50

154

  

Total

 

284

109

393

  

Income-Status

Ghc1000 and less (low income)

99

36

135

.554

.758

Ghc1000–2000 (middle income)

148

61

209

  

Ghc2000 and more (high Income)

37

12

49

  

Total

 

284

109

393

  
  1. Source: Field data, (2016)