Determinants of low breastfeeding self-efficacy amongst mothers of children aged less than six months: results from the BADUTA study in East Java, Indonesia

Table 2 Frequency distribution of mothers with children under six months by contextual and intervention characteristics and breastfeeding and self-efficacy status, The BADUTA Study in East Java, Indonesia, 2015–2016

Variable	Total Sample		Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy^a
Variable	n	%	Low (%)	High (%)	p
Exposure to interventions
Exposed to intervention^b	286	23.6	49.7	50.3	0.007
Not exposed to intervention^c	924	76.4	58.7	41.3
Number of breastfeeding interventions mothers were exposed to
Three or more interventions	91	7.5	38.5	61.5	< 0.001
Two interventions	127	10.5	48.8	51.2
One intervention	266	22.0	56.4	43.6
No interventions	726	60.0	60.2	39.8
Period
Baseline	575	47.5	60.5	39.5	0.008
Endline	635	52.5	52.9	47.1
Ever visited by village facilitator at home
Yes	22	1.8	36.4	63.6	0.054
Ever attended “emo-demo.”
Yes	50	4.1	44.0	56.0	0.068
Ever received SMS Bunda messages
Yes	20	1.7	35.0	65.0	0.050
Ever visited by cadre at home
Yes	17	1.4	29.4	70.6	0.023
Ever attended pregnancy class
Yes	40	3.3	40.0	60.0	0.032
Roomed in with baby after delivery
Yes	363	30.0	48.2	51.8	< 0.001
Ever received counselling by a midwife
Yes	188	15.5	52.1	47.9	0.185
Ever received counselling by a cadre
Yes	24	2.0	37.5	62.5	0.058
*Ever seen “Rumpi Sehat” TV commercials*
Yes	123	10.2	43.9	56.1	0.003

Note:^aLow self-efficacy was mothers whose total self-efficacy score was less than the median value. ^bExposed to intervention refers to respondents living in the intervention sub-districts at the endline survey. ^cNot exposed to intervention referred to all respondents from the baseline survey and those living in the control sub-districts at the endline survey

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