Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Practices in Rural and Urban Regions of Indonesia

Table 3

Frequency distribution of IYCF practices in urban and rural Indonesia.

Infant and young child feeding practices	Urban	Rural	Total	p-Value
Early breastfeeding initiation
Yes	57.1	57.3	57.2	0.885
No	42.9	42.7	42.8
Prelacteal food
Not	56.2	53.5	54.8	0.065
Yes	43.8	46.5	46.2
Exclusive breastfeeding
Exclusive breastfeeding	38.2	40.8	39.5	0.07
Nonexclusive breastfeeding	61.8	59.2	60.5
Diversity of complementary feeding
According to recommendation	34.9	20.7	27.8	<0.001
Not according to recommendation	65.1	79.3	72.2
Frequency of complementary feeding
According to recommendation	57.3	57.9	57.6	0.645
Not according to recommendation	42.7	42.1	42.4
IYCF
According to recommendation	20.7	12.8	16.8	<0.001
Not according to recommendation	79.3	97.2	83.2

IYCF, infant and young child feeding.