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.
| Variable | | Frequency | Percentage |
| ANC visit | | Yes | 342 | 83.8 | | No | 66 | 16.2 |
| ANC visits (N = 342) | | One | 10 | 2.7 | | Two or three | 120 | 35.2 | | Four and above | 212 | 61.9 |
| PNC follow-up | | Yes | 312 | 76.5 | | No | 96 | 23.5 |
| Place of delivery | | Home | 74 | 18.2 | | Health facility | 334 | 81.8 |
| Breastfeeding counsel during ANC | | Yes | 298 | 87.1 | | No | 46 | 12.9 |
| Culture(ingesting butter at birth, making the child to test foods what the mother took, etc.) before six months age | | Yes | 218 | 53.4 | | No | 190 | 46.6 |
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