Total
n (%)
Early breastfeeding initiation
n (%)
Breastfeeding duration
n (%)
Exclusive breastfeeding
n (%)

(n=19,328)
≤1 hour
(63.7%)

(n = 12,313)
>1 hour
(36.3%)

(n = 7015)
<6 months
(67.6%)

(n = 13,071)
≥6 months
(32.4%)

(n = 6,256)
Yes
(54.6%)

(n = 10,554)
No
(45.4%)

(n = 8774)
Skin-to-skin contact after birth
No 16,883
(87.4%)
10,764
(87.2%)
6,119
(87.2%)
11,416
(87.3%)
5,467
(87.4%)
9,026
(85.5%)
7,857
(89.5%)
Yes 2,445
(12.6%)
1549
(12.6%)
896
(12.8%)
1,655
(12.7%)
789
(12.6%)
1,528
(14.5%)
917
(10.5%)
Socio-demographics
Mother’s Age
Teenager
(15 – 19 years)
993
(5.1%)
555
(4.5%)
438
(6.2%)
548
(42%)
446
(7.1%)
453
(4.3%)
541
(6.2%)
Young adult
(20 – 34 years)
12,988
(67.2%)
8,240
(66.9%)
4,748
(67.7%)
8,544
(65.4%)
4,444
(71.0%)
7,188
(68.1%)
5,800
(66.1%)
Mature adult
(35 - 44 years)
5,346
(27.7%)
3,518
(28.6%)
1,828
(26.1%)
3,979
(30.4%)
1,367
(21.8%)
2,913
(27.6%)
2,433
(27.7%)
Marital status
Never married 457
(2.4%)
308
(2.5%)
149
(2.1%)
342
(2.6%)
115
(1.8%)
290
(2.4%)
168
(1.9%)
Married/Living with partner 18,192
(94.1%)
11,565
(93.6%)
6,627
(94.5%)
12,202
(93.4%)
5,990
(95.7%)
9,887
(93.7%)
8,306
(94.7%)
Divorced/Separated / Widowed 678
(3.5%)
440
(3.6%)
239
(3.4%)
527
(4.0%)
151
(2.4%)
378
(3.6%)
301
(3.4%)
Wealth Index
(SESb)
Poor 8,200
(42.4%)
4626
(37.6%)
3574
(50.9%)
5,105
(39.1%)
3,094
(49.5%)
3,930
(37.2%)
4,270
(48.7%)
Middle Class 3,943
(20.4%)
2618
(21.3%)
1325
(18.9%)
2,636
(20.2%)
1,307
(20.9%)
2,081
(19.7%)
1,862
(21.2%)
Rich 7,185
(37.2%)
5069
(41.2%)
2116
(30.2%)
5,331
(40.8%)
1,855
(29.7%)
4,543
(43.0%)
2,642
(30.1%)
Educational attainment
No formal education 8,273
(42.8%)
4,832
(39.2%)
3,441
(49.1%)
5,088
(38.9%)
3,185
(50.9%)
3,662
(34.7%)
4,611
(52.5%)
Primary 2,981
(15.4%)
1,914
(15.5%)
1,067
(15.2%)
2,094
(16.0%)
887
(14.2%)
1,761
(16.7 %)
1,220
(13.9%)
Secondary 6,311
(32.7%)
4,348
(35.3%)
1,963
(28.0%)
4,506
(34.5%)
1805
(28.8%)
3,979
(37.7%)
2,333
(26.6%)
Higher 1,763
(9.1%)
1219
(9.9%)
544
(7.8%)
1,383
(10.6%)
380
(6.1%)
1,152
(10.9%)
611
(7.0%)
Residence
Urban 7,823
(40.5%)
5,323
(43.2%)
2,500
(35.6%)
5,691
(43.5%)
2,132
(34.1%)
4,768
(45.2%)
3,055
(34.8%)
Rural 11,505
(59.5%)
6,991
(56.8%)
4,514
(64.4%)
7,380
(56.5%)
4,124
(65.9%)
5,786
(54.8%)
5,719
(65.2%)
Ethnicity
Igbo 2,432
(12.6%)
1469
(11.9%)
963
(13.7%)
1,853
(14.2%)
579
(9.3%)
1,365
(12.9%)
1,067
(12.2%)
Yoruba 2,605
(13.5%)
2041
(16.6%)
563
(8.0%)
2,002
(15.3%)
603
(9.6%)
2,048
(19.4%)
557
(6.3%)
Hausa/Fulani 8,068
(41.7%)
4457
(36.2%)
3611
(51.5%)
4,981
(38.1%)
3,087
(49.3%)
3,674
(34.8%)
4,394
(50.1%)
Other/ Minorities 6,223
(32.2%)
4346
(35.3%)
1876
(26.8%)
4,236
(32.4%)
1,987
(31.8%)
3,467
(32.9%)
2,756
(31.4%)
Religion
Christianity 7,578
(39.2%)
5,245
(42.6%)
2334,
(33.3%)
5,669
(43.4%)
1,909
(30.5%)
4,775
(45.2%)
2,803
(31.9%)
Islam 11,638
(60.2%)
6,983
(56.7%)
4,655
(66.4%)
7329
(56.1%)
4,309
(68.9%)
5,743
(54.4%)
5,895
(67.2%)
Traditionalism/ Other 111
(0.6%)
86
(0.7%)
26
(0.4%)
73
(0.6%)
39
(0.6%)
36
(0.3%)
76
(0.9%)
Currently Working
No 5,997
(31.0%)
3,581
(29.1%)
2,416
(34.4%)
3,806
(29.1%)
2,191
(35.0%)
2,960
(28.0%)
3,037
(34.6%)
Yes 13,331
(69.0%)
8,733
(70.9%)
4,598
(65.6%)
9,266
(70.9%)
4,065
(65.0%)
7,594
(72.0%)
5,737
(65.4%)
ANCc visits during pregnancy
<4 visits 8,136
(42.1%)
4,932
(40.1%)
3,203
(45.7%)
5,275
(40.4%)
2,861
(45.7%)
3,801
(36.0%)
4,335
(49.4%)
≥4 visits 11,192
(57.9%)
7,381
(59.9%)
3,811
(54.3%)
7,797
(59.6%)
3,395
(54.3%)
6,753
(64.0%)
4,439
(50.6%)
Other Covariates
Place of delivery
Private hospital 2,614
(13.5%)
1,744
(14.2%)
870
(12.4%)
1,968
(29.9%)
646
(10.3%)
1,592
(15.1%)
1,022
(11.6%)
Public hospital 5,570
(28.8%)
3,850
(31.3%)
1,721
(24.5%)
3,915
(29.9%)
1,656
(26.5%)
3,621
(34.3%)
1,949
(22.2%)
Home/Other 11,144
(57.7%)
6,719
(54.6%)
4,424
(63.1%)
1,789
(55.0%)
3,955
(63.2%)
5,341
(50.6%)
5,803
(66.1%)
Last time Internet used
Never 17,383
(89.9%)
10,723
(87.1%)
6250
(89.1%)
11,206
(85.7%)
5,767
(92.2%)
8964
(84.9%)
8,009
(91.3%)
Not recently 312
(1.6%)
186
(1.5%)
126
(1.8%)
247
(1.9%)
65
(1.0%)
217
(2.1%)
95
(1.1%)
Recently 2,042
(10.6%)
1,404
(11.4%)
638
(9.1%)
1,618
(12.4%)
424
(6.8%)
1373
(13.0%)
669
(7.6%)
Frequency of Internet use
Never 17,383
(89.9%)
10,973
(89.1%)
6,410
(91.4%)
11,523
(88.2%)
5,859
(93.7%)
9,246
(87.6%)
8,136
(92.7%)
Infrequent 1,033
(5.3%)
741
(6.0%)
292
(4.2%)
824
(6.3%)
210
(3.4%)
736
(7.0%)
297
(3.4%)
Frequent 912
(4.7%)
599
(4.9%)
312
(4.4%)
725
(5.5%)
187
(3.0%)
571
(5.4%)
341
(3.9%)