Palestinian Family Survey 2010 Final Report - Palestinian Central ...

PCBS: Palestinian Family Survey, 2010Table NU.2: Initial breastfeedingPercentage of last-born children in the 2 years preceding the survey who were ever breastfed, percentage who werebreastfed within one hour of birth and within one day of birth, and percentage who received a prelacteal feed, Stateof Palestine, 2010Background characteristicsPercentageever breastfed[1]Percentage whowere first breastfed:Within onehour of birth [2]Percentage whowere first breastfed:Withinone day of birthPercentagewhoreceived aprelactealfeedGovernorateJenin 96.5 53.6 79.8 30.8 267Tubas 97.1 50.8 77.0 33.6 66Tulkarm 96.8 66.6 88.8 24.7 166Nablus 95.8 42.0 84.3 30.9 335Qalqiliya 96.2 63.9 86.6 32.6 115Salfit 94.4 57.2 84.5 30.0 71Ramallah & Al-Bireh 95.6 71.8 91.0 18.9 286Jericho & Al-Aghwar (96.4) (79.6) (94.5) (34.6) 47Jerusalem 93.5 59.8 87.1 22.1 324Bethlehem 96.1 56.3 90.9 22.3 177Hebron 94.9 58.7 87.2 20.7 738North Gaza 94.9 69.9 90.0 14.9 384Gaza 97.6 75.9 93.5 23.3 606Dier El-Balah 97.0 81.0 88.8 20.7 245Khan Yunis 96.3 35.0 87.8 30.3 388Rafah 95.1 69.3 88.3 27.8 254RegionWest Bank 95.4 58.3 86.6 24.8 2594Gaza Strip 96.4 66.0 90.3 23.3 1877Locality typeUrban 95.9 62.1 88.6 23.4 3248Rural 95.5 58.0 86.7 25.7 760Camps 95.6 63.3 87.3 26.8 464Months since last birth0-11 months 95.9 60.2 87.5 25.5 212512-23 months 95.8 62.7 88.8 23.0 2344Assistance at deliverySkilled attendant 96.2 61.7 88.5 24.3 4428Traditional birth attendant (*) (*) (*) (*) 15Other (*) (*) (*) (*) 3Missing (25.1) (21.1) (25.1) (6.8) 25Place of deliveryPublic sector health facility 96.0 61.7 88.3 24.4 2675Private sector health facility 96.7 60.4 88.8 24.7 1411Home (97.3) (79.5) (97.3) (13.0) 37Other/Missing 91.1 62.6 83.6 21.3 347Number of lastbornchildren inthe two yearspreceding thesurvey32