From: Impact of ritual pollution on lactation and breastfeeding practices in rural West Bengal, India
Breastfeeding initiation | Motipur (n = 98) | Kapgari (n = 98) | Santoshpur (n = 92) | Sultanpur (n = 94) | Total (n = 382) | |||||
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n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
< 1 hour | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 63 | 16.5 |
1 hour – 24 hours | 41 | 42 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 43 | 46 | 136 | 35.6 |
> 24 hours | 56 | 57 | 55 | 56 | 45 | 49 | 27 | 29 | 183 | 47.9 |