Data were
collected on sociodemographic information.
Age, occupation, education, marital status,
number of children, income and expenditure
were considered as independent variables and
knowledge about breastfeeding, knowledge
about exclusive breastfeeding, knowledge
about colostrum feeding, knowledge about
advantages of breastfeeding, initiation of
breastfeeding and duration of breastfeeding
were considered as dependent variables by
face-to-face interview method.