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Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

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Table 11.1 Initial breastfeedingPercentage of children born in the five years preceding the survey who were ever breastfed, <strong>and</strong> amongchildren ever breastfed, the percentage who started breastfeeding within one hour <strong>and</strong> within one day of birth,<strong>and</strong> percentage who received a prelacteal feed, by background characteristics, <strong>Zambia</strong> <strong>2001</strong>-<strong>2002</strong>–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Among children ever breastfed,percentage who:––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Started Started Number ofPercentage Number breastfeeding breastfeeding Received a childrenBackground ever of within 1 hour within 1 day prelacteal evercharacteristic breastfed children of birth of birth 1 feed 2 breastfed–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––SexMale 98.4 3,341 51.0 90.3 26.2 3,288Female 98.5 3,307 51.4 89.3 25.9 3,257ResidenceUrban 98.0 2,050 61.0 91.1 15.6 2,009Rural 98.6 4,599 46.9 89.2 30.6 4,535ProvinceCentral 98.5 502 35.1 88.3 31.9 495Copperbelt 99.2 1,065 54.4 90.4 17.3 1,057Eastern 98.8 890 60.0 94.0 29.0 880Luapula 99.2 625 38.9 92.8 18.1 620Lusaka 98.0 805 64.4 92.1 14.9 788Northern 98.4 1,008 49.0 91.3 30.7 992North-Western 98.8 357 52.1 94.6 49.2 352Southern 98.2 764 60.6 95.1 15.6 750Western 96.5 632 33.2 65.8 46.3 610Mother's educationNo education 98.4 978 51.4 87.3 31.7 963Primary 98.4 4,235 48.3 90.0 26.4 4,168Secondary 98.7 1,334 59.4 91.3 20.6 1,317Higher 96.1 101 62.0 85.1 27.6 98Assistance at delivery<strong>Health</strong> professional 98.4 2,886 58.5 91.8 20.1 2,840Traditional birth attendant 98.8 763 47.7 91.0 31.9 754Other 98.3 2,541 46.0 87.4 31.0 2,498No one 99.0 444 41.5 90.8 27.0 439Place of delivery<strong>Health</strong> facility 98.3 2,901 58.3 91.7 20.1 2,851At home 98.6 3,700 45.9 88.6 30.8 3,647Other (96.0) 26 (37.4) (89.2) (31.1) 25Total 98.4 6,649 51.2 89.8 26.0 6,544––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Note: Table is based on all births whether the children are living or dead at the time of interview. Total includes14 children for whom assistance at birth is missing <strong>and</strong> 22 children for whom place of delivery is missing.Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49 unweighted cases.1Includes children who started breastfeeding within one hour of birth2Infant was given something other than breast milk during the first three days of life before the mother startedbreastfeeding regularly.3Doctor, nurse/midwife, or auxiliary midwife164 │ Nutrition among Children <strong>and</strong> Women

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