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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of mother-infant dyads in Samara-Logia city administration, Afar Regional State, Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 465)

From: Factors associated with the early termination of exclusive breastfeeding among mother-infant dyads in Samara-Logia, Northeastern Ethiopia

Variables

Frequency (n)

Percentage (%)

Maternal age (years)

 < 25

96

20.6

 25–34

318

68.4

 > 34

51

11.0

Maternal religion

 Christian

54

11.6

 Muslim

411

88.4

Ethnicity

 Afar

307

66.0

 Amhara

138

29.7

 Tigray

17

3.7

 Oromo

3

0.6

Maternal educational status

 No formal education

350

75.3

 Formal education

115

24.7

Maternal occupation

 Housewife

387

83.2

 Other

78

16.8

Maternal marital status

 Living together

447

96.1

 Not living together

18

3.9

partner educational status

 No formal education

188

42.1

 Formal education

259

57.9

Household head

 Respondent

36

7.7

 Husband

429

92.3

Gender of infant

 Male

215

46.2

 Female

250

53.8

Age of infant (in months)

 6–8

289

62.2

 9–12

176

37.8

Family size

 2

6

1.3

 3–4

140

30.1

 > 5

319

68.6

Average monthly income (ETB)

< 1000

51

11.0

 > 1000

414

89.0

Birth order

 1

69

14.8

 2–4

259

55.7

 > 4

137

29.5

  1. ETB Ethiopian Birr