Bellary District, - PRC

Table 18: Indicators of breastfeedingPer cent of children below two years who are ever and currently breastfed, breastfed within a day of birthand received colustrum, by selected background characteristics, Bellary District, Karnataka, MICS, 2002EverbreastfedCurrentlyBreastfedReceived breastmilk within a dayof birthReceivedcolustrumNumber ofchildrenCharacteristicsPlace of residenceRural 97.7 89.4 31.2 29.3 263Urban 98.9 91.4 35.9 43.5 92Sex of the childMale 97.2 91.1 32.2 33.9 180Female 98.9 88.6 32.6 32.0 175ReligionHindu 98.1 89.7 31.3 30.1 319Muslim (97.1) (91.4) (42.9) (60.0) 35Caste/tribeScheduled caste 100.0 94.3 28.7 27.6 87Schedule tribe 97.8 91.0 24.7 22.5 89Others 97.2 87.2 38.0 40.8 179Type of housePucca 95.9 90.5 37.8 40.5 74Semi-pucca 98.2 89.0 31.7 31.7 218Kachha 100.0 92.1 28.6 28.6 63Education of motherIlliterate 99.3 92.2 25.7 28.4 268Literate 95.1 85.2 54.3 48.1 81Total 98.0 89.9 32.4 33.0 355Note: Total includes 1 child belonging to ‘other’ religion and 6 children whose mother is either not stayingwith the child or information about mother is missing.( ) Based on 25-49 cases.Table 19: Breastfeeding status by agePercent distribution of children below two years by breastfeeding status, Bellary District, Karnataka, MICS,2002Number ofCurrently Currently exclusively Currently given breastnotbreastfedmilk and water onlyAge in months breastfed Def1 1 Def2 2 Def1 3 Def2 4 children0-3 0.0 13.9 69.4 1.4 72.2 724-6 (0.0) (6.8) (43.2) (2.3) (59.1) 447-11 1.5 8.8 7.4 11.8 22.1 6812-23 1.6 0.0 5.8 0.0 8.1 1710-23 months 8.3 5.4 23.7 2.8 30.1 355( ) Based on 25-49 cases1 Per cent of children who are not given anything other than breastmilk since birth2 Per cent of children who are not given anything other than breastmilk during the 24 hour period prior tosurvey3 Per cent of children who are not given anything other than breastmilk and water since birth4 Per cent of children who are not given anything other than breastmilk and water during the 24 hour periodprior to survey36