Pre-lacteal feeding practice and associated factors among mothers having children less than two years of age in Aksum town, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2017: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Maternal level of information on pre-lacteal feeding among mothers having children less than 24 months, in Aksum town, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2017

Variables	Frequency	Percentage
Advantage of Colostrum (n = 477)
Yes	447	93.7
No	30	6.3
Level of information (n = 477)
Poor level	43	9
Good level	434	91
Believe on purported PLF advantage (n = 477)^a
Yes	165	34.6
No	312	65.4
Reason for believing on purported advantages (n = 165)^b
For child health and growth	101	61.2
Breast feed to child cause thirty	53	32.1
To calm the baby	21	12.7
To clean infant’s bowel/throat/mouth	7	4.2
Other^c	1	0.6
Risk of PLF (n = 477)
Yes	376	78.8
No	101	21.2
Information on risks of PLF (n = 376)^b
Diarrhea & vomiting	343	72.4
Poor growth	278	41.5
Infection	303	36.6

^aThe medical community defines pre-lacteal feeding as (potentially) dangerous which had no any recognized benefits [39], ^bmultiple answer were possible, ^cculture

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