DATAset Factors Associated with Exclusive Breastfeeding in Rural Enrekang, Indonesia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Participant profile and exclusive breastfeeding status All 193 sampled mothers were included in the analysis. Only 24 mothers (12.4%) reported exclusive breastfeeding, whereas 169 (87.6%) reported non-exclusive breastfeeding. Most households had an employed father (91.7%), but 94.3% reported income below the regional minimum wage. Most mothers had upper-secondary or higher education (96.4%), were employed (72.5%), were classified in the age-risk category (88.6%), and had parity at risk (91.2%). Inadequate dietary diversity was highly prevalent (93.8%), while only 20.2% had received postnatal breastfeeding education. Most infants were healthy (95.9%), had effective sucking (89.6%), and had birth weight ≥2,500 g (94.8%). All participants reported early initiation and support from husbands and families. Bivariate analysis Maternal age, parity, dietary diversity, and postnatal breastfeeding education were significantly associated with exclusive breastfeeding. Exclusive breastfeeding was reported by 31.8% of mothers aged 20–35 years compared with 9.9% of mothers aged 35 years (p=0.009). It was reported by 35.3% of mothers with parity not at risk compared with 10.2% of mothers with parity at risk (p=0.010), and by 33.3% of mothers with adequate dietary diversity compared with 11.0% of mothers with inadequate diversity (p=0.046). The largest absolute difference was observed for postnatal education: 41.0% among educated mothers versus 5.2% among mothers without postnatal education (p