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Maternal characteristics
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Mother/caregiver mean age (yrs)
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34.7 ± 11.7
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|
Maternal education
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Primary (up to grade 7)
|
20
|
|
Secondary (grade 8–11)
|
50
|
|
Matric (grade 12)
|
29
|
|
Post matric
|
1
|
|
Maternal source of income
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None
|
26
|
|
Child support grant only
|
61
|
|
Child support grant and other sources
|
4
|
|
Government grant
|
5
|
|
Pension
|
1
|
|
Domestic worker
|
2
|
|
Trainee
|
1
|
|
Household characteristics
|
Household head
|
Female-headed households
|
56
|
|
Male-headed households
|
44
|
|
Household head source of income
|
None
|
21
|
|
Old age grant
|
17
|
|
Government grant
|
27
|
|
Pension
|
4
|
|
Part-time/full time job
|
31
|
|
Household mean food expenditure per month
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R1124 ± R667
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Mean household size
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6.9 ± 3.6 persons
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Child characteristics
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Mean age in months
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16.3 ± 6.1
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|
Sex of child
|
Female
|
56
|
|
Male
|
44
|
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Infant breastfeeding practices
|
Immediate breastfeeding initiation
|
79
|
|
Feeding colostrum
|
79
|
|
Never breastfed
|
21
|
|
Exclusive breastfeeding for first 6 months of life
|
Mothers continued breastfeeding till: 12.3 ± 6.1 months
|
36
|
|
Mixed feeding
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Mean initiation started at: 2.3 ± 1.4 months
|
16
|
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Substitute breastfeeding feedinga
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Mean initiation age: 2.0 ± 1.5 months
|
49
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