Social
Class

                                                               Pattern of Breast feeding

             On demand

             Scheduled

                 Mixed type

         Total

  (Scheduled & demand both)

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

II*

69

70.4

19

19.8

10

10.4

98

100

III

159

72.6

47

21.5

13

5.9

219

100

IV

136

67.7

46

22.9

19

9.5

201

100

V

68

82.9

14

17.1

0

0

82

100

n

432

72

126

21

42

7

600

100

* includes 2 mothers of social class I
Table 5: Influence of social class over the pattern of breast feeding.