| Median Duration of Any Breastfeeding, Exclusive Breastfeeding and Predominant Breastfeeding among Last-Born Children Born in Three Years Preceding Survey, Percentage of Breastfeeding Children under Six Months of Age Living with Mother Who Were Breastfed Six or More Times in 24 Hours Preceding Survey and Mean Number of Feeds (Day/Night) by Background Characteristics in India (2005-2006 ) | ||||||||
| Background Characteristic | Median Duration (Months) of Breastfeeding Among Last-Born Children Born in Last Three Years1 | Frequency of Breastfeeding Among Children under Six Months2 | ||||||
| Any Breast- feeding | Exclusive Breast- feeding | Predom- inant Breast- feeding3 | No. of Children | Percen- tage Breastfed 6 + Times in Last 24 Hours | Mean No. of Day Feeds | Mean No. of Night Feeds | No. of Children | |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | ||||||||
| Female | ||||||||
| Residence | ||||||||
| Urban | ||||||||
| Rural | ||||||||
| Mother`s Education | ||||||||
| No education | ||||||||
| < 5 years complete | ||||||||
| 5-7 years complete | ||||||||
| 8-9 years complete | ||||||||
| 10-11 years complete | ||||||||
| 12 or more years complete | ||||||||
| Religion | ||||||||
| Hindu | ||||||||
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| Other | ||||||||
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| Scheduled caste | ||||||||
| Scheduled tribe | ||||||||
| Other backward class | ||||||||
| Other | ||||||||
| Wealth Index | ||||||||
| Lowest | ||||||||
| Second | ||||||||
| Middle | ||||||||
| Fourth | ||||||||
| Highest | ||||||||
| Total | ||||||||
| Mean for all children | ||||||||
