| Socio-demographic characteristic |
Frequency of mothers who gave colostrum |
| Given |
Not given |
Statistical test |
P |
| No |
% |
No. |
% |
X2 |
d.f |
|
Age of mother
< 19
20 – 24
25 – 29
30 – 34
>35 |
49
273
184
25
6 |
89.1
88.3
90.6
96.2
85.7 |
6
36
19
1
1 |
10.9
11.6
9.4
3.8
14.3 |
1.09 |
2 |
0.58 |
Education of mother
Literate
Illiterate |
321
216 |
92.5
85.4 |
26
37 |
7.5
14.6 |
7.9 |
1 |
0.00 |
Social class
II
III
IV
V |
96
204
162
75 |
97.9
93.2
80.6
91.5 |
2
15
39
7 |
2.0
6.8
19.4
8.5 |
26.2 |
2 |
0.00 |
Caste
General
SC
ST
SEBC |
153
179
148
57 |
93.3
86.5
88.6
91.9 |
11
28
19
5 |
6.7
13.5
11.4
8.1 |
5.06 |
3 |
0.17 |
Religion of mother
Hindu
Muslim |
470
67 |
90.6
82.7 |
49
14 |
9.4
17.3 |
4.59 |
1 |
0.03 |
Type of delivery
Normal
Caesarean |
414
123 |
89.4
89.8 |
49
14 |
10.6
10.2 |
0.01 |
1 |
0.9 |
| n |
537 |
89.5 |
63 |
10.5 |
|
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