Table 1 Frequency distribution of characteristics of mothers under study
Variables | Categories | n(%) | Variables | Categories | n(%) or |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marital status | Married | 368(100) | Family income sufficiency | Yes | 297(80.7) |
Education level | Middle school | 77(20.9) | No | 71(19.3) | |
High school | 105(28.5) | Gestational weight gain (kg)* | < 7 | 58(15.8) | |
Associate’s degree | 32(8.7) | 7–12 | 207(56.2) | ||
13–16 | 60(16.3) | ||||
Bachelor’s degree | 124(33.7) | > 16 | 43(11.7) | ||
Gestational age (week)* | 37> | 28(7.6) | |||
Master’s degree | 28(7.6) | ≥ 37 | 340(92.4) | ||
Doctoral degree | 2(0.6) | Breastfeeding status* | She is breastfeeding now | 153(41.5) | |
Employment status | Housewife | 283(76.9) | |||
University/ School student | 1(0.3) | She was breastfeeding, but now has stopped breastfeeding | 168(45.7) | ||
government employee | 72(19.6) | ||||
She did not breastfeed at all | 47(12.8) | ||||
Self-employed | 12(3.2) | ||||
Ethnicity | Tork | 282(76.6) | Number of children | 1 | 187(50.8) |
Kord | 77(20.9) | 2 | 137(37.2) | ||
Fars | 9(2.5) | 3 | 40(10.9) | ||
Variables | Mean ± SD | 4 | 4(1.1) | ||
Age (yr) | 31.46 ± 6.05 | ||||
Height (cm) | 162.06 ± 5.31 | ||||
Weight (kg) | 70.00 ± 11.31 | ||||