Investigating factors that influence the practice of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers in an urban general hospital in Ghana: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Level of support

Variables	Frequency	Percentage (%)
Whom they lived with
Alone	9	4.05
Spouse	196	88.29
Parents	23	10.36
Extended family member	10	4.5
Who helped take care of the infant
No one	46	20.72
Spouse	92	41.44
Parents	64	28.83
Extended family member	21	9.46
Others	15	6.76
Who provided the income?
Self	56	22.23
Spouse	212	95.5
Parents	8	3.6
Who complained about the practice of exclusive breastfeeding?
Parents	55	24.77
Spouse	22	9.91

Up to 79.7% of the respondents had support from their spouse, parents, and extended family members when they had difficulties with EBF and 95.5% of the mothers had their income provided by their spouses