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Table 3 Reasons for choosing breastfeeding*

From: Constraints to exclusive breastfeeding practice among breastfeeding mothers in Southwest Nigeria: implications for scaling up

Variable

N

%

Social norm as a mother

119

99

Helping baby to grow in a normal pattern

132

66

Providing baby with natural immunity

111

56

Is a form of child spacing

68

34

Easy and comfortable

19

10

Returned body to normal

3

2

  1. *Women could give more than one reason