Research Article

Exclusive Breastfeeding and Normative Belief among Rural Mothers in Ethiopia, 2019: A Cross-Sectional Survey Embedded with Qualitative Design

Table 2

Maternal and child health service utilization characteristics of study participants in Ethiopia, 2019.

VariableFrequencyPercentage

ANC visit
Yes34283.8
No6616.2

ANC visits (N=342)
One102.7
Two or three12035.2
Four and above21261.9

PNC follow-up
Yes31276.5
No9623.5

Place of delivery
Home7418.2
Health facility33481.8

Breastfeeding counsel during ANC
Yes29887.1
No4612.9

Culture(ingesting butter at birth, making the child to test foods what the mother took, etc.) before six months age
Yes21853.4
No19046.6