| Median Duration and frequency of Breastfeeding in India (1992-1993) | ||||||
| Background Characteristic | Median durations (Months)1 | Children under 6 months | ||||
| 6 times in last 24 hours | Any breastfeeding | Exclusive breastfeeding | Full breastfeeding | Number of Children | ||
| Sex of child | ||||||
| Male Female | ||||||
| Residence | ||||||
| Urban | ||||||
| Rural | ||||||
| Mother`s education | ||||||
| Illiterate | ||||||
Literate;| | | | | | | |
| Middle school complete | ||||||
| High school and above | ||||||
| Religion | ||||||
| Hindu | ||||||
| Muslim | ||||||
| Christain | ||||||
| Sikh | ||||||
| Jain | ||||||
| Buddhist | ||||||
| Other | ||||||
| Caste/tribe | ||||||
| Scheduled caste | ||||||
| Scheduled tribe | ||||||
| Other | ||||||
| Mother`s work status | ||||||
| Not working | ||||||
| Working with family farm/business | ||||||
| Employed by someone else | ||||||
| Self-employed | ||||||
| Mother`s exposure to media | ||||||
| Exposed to media | ||||||
| Watches television weekly | ||||||
| Listens to radio weekly | ||||||
| Visits cinema/theatre monthly | ||||||
| Not exposed to any of the media | ||||||
| Assistance at delivery | ||||||
| Health professional | ||||||
| Traditional birth attendant | ||||||
| Other or More | ||||||
| Total | ||||||
| Mean for all children1 | ||||||
| P/I for all Children3 | ||||||
