Variables

Timely initiation of breastfeeding practice.

Sociodemographic characteristics of mother’s i.e. income, education, religion, marital status, family type, age, ethnicity, occupation, information etc.

Healthcare service use by the mother’s e.g. number of antenatal visits, mode of delivery, place of delivery, breastfeeding counseling during antenatal visits, prelacteal feeding, colostrum feeding etc.

Sociodemographic characteristics of infants i.e. gender of newborn etc.

Timely (early) initiation of a breastfeeding: a mother who put her baby to breast within one hour following delivery [5].

Prelacteal feeding: an infant within the first three days of life being fed something other than breast milk [5].

Colostrum feeding: mother provides the first breast milk which is thick, sticky and clear yellowish in color contains (maternal antibody, vitamin A, protein) to their infant within one hour [1].