Complementary feeding pattern and its impact on growth and development of under 2-years infants in upper Egypt

Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette

Table 2 Factors affecting patterns of infant feeding

Item	EBF		Non-EBF		Non-BF		Total	P value*
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
	241	24.1	577	57.7	182	18.2
Sex
Male	171	26.6	359	55.8	113	17.6	643	0.003**
Female	70	19.6	218	61.1	69	19.3	357	0.003**
Residence
Rural	194	24.2	486	60.6	122	15.2	802	< 0.001**
Urban	47	23.7	91	46.0	60	30.3	198	< 0.001**
Socioeconomic level
Low	167	24.5	397	58.2	118	17.3	682	0.008**
Moderate to high	74	23.3	180	56.6	64	20.1	318	0.008**
Order in family
1st	57	22.3	132	51.8	66	25.9	255	< 0.001**
2nd	38	22.5	111	65.7	20	11.8	169
3rd	60	26.8	113	50.4	51	22.8	224
4th and more	86	24.4	221	62.8	45	12.8	352
Educational level of mother
Illiterate	109	30.2	200	55.6	51	14.2	360	< 0.001**
Basic	58	17.1	204	60.0	78	22.9	340
High school and higher	74	24.7	173	57.6	53	17.7	300
Occupational status of mother
House wife	240	25.0	558	58.1	162	16.8	960	< 0.001**
Employed	1	2.5	19	47.5	20	50.0	40	< 0.001**

EBF exclusive breast feeding, Non-EBF non-exclusive breast feeding, Non-BF non breast feeders, No. number
*χ² test was used for comparison
**Significant if < 0.05