Table 2: Mean percentages of early breastfeeding practices exclusive and continued breastfeeding of children aged under-five years of age in the provinces in 11 provinces in Jordan.
|
Country Provinces |
% Immediate Skin to skin contact at birth [mean±SDS] |
Prelacteals |
EIBF one hour after birth |
EIBF < 24 hours of birth] |
Mean duration of EBF |
Predominant breastfeeding |
Any breastfeeding |
|
Mean |
65.15 |
40.37 |
63.9 |
80.47 |
1.01 |
1.5 |
9.38 |
|
SDS |
±10.4 |
±5.30 |
±7.84 |
±5.19 |
±0.42 |
±0.68 |
±0.94 |
EIBF: early initiation of breastfeeding, EBF: exclusive breastfeeding, CBF: continued breastfeeding.