Table 6 Association between demographic characteristics of the studied rural women and exclusive breastfeeding practices during the COVID-19 pandemic (n = 178)
Variables | Poor Practices (n = 69) | Fair Practices (n = 59) | Good Practices (n = 50) | Significance test | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | N | % | N | % | N | % | X2 | P |
Age (years) | ||||||||
  ≤ 20 | 14 | 20.3 | 4 | 6.8 | 0 | 0.0 |  |  |
 21 – 25 | 26 | 37.7 | 10 | 16.9 | 5 | 10.0 |  |  |
 26 – 30 | 10 | 14.5 | 41 | 69.5 | 40 | 80.0 |  |  |
  > 30 | 19 | 27.5 | 4 | 6.8 | 5 | 10.0 | 64.156 |  < 0.001** |
Education | ||||||||
 Secondary education | 48 | 69.6 | 11 | 18.6 | 0 | 0.0 |  |  |
 Institution | 17 | 24.6 | 15 | 25.4 | 1 | 2.0 |  |  |
 University or higher | 4 | 5.8 | 33 | 55.9 | 49 | 98.0 | 110.270 |  < 0.001** |
Occupation | ||||||||
 Working | 21 | 30.4 | 29 | 49.2 | 29 | 58.0 |  |  |
 Housewife | 48 | 69.6 | 30 | 50.8 | 21 | 42.0 | 9.738 | 0.008* |
Monthly income (L.E.) | ||||||||
  < 4000 | 18 | 26.1 | 6 | 10.2 | 3 | 6.0 |  |  |
 4000 – < 6000 | 47 | 68.1 | 51 | 86.4 | 46 | 92.0 |  |  |
 6000 – 10,000 | 4 | 5.8 | 2 | 3.4 | 1 | 2.0 | 12.674 | 0.013* |