Research Article

Association between Severe Dehydration in Rotavirus Diarrhea and Exclusive Breastfeeding among Infants at Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia

Table 1

Exclusive breastfeeding based on sociodemographic characteristics.

CharacteristicsTotal (%) Exclusive breastfeeding value
YesNo

() Sex
 Male88 (65.6)45430.062
 Female46 (34.4)1531
() Maternal occupation
 Worker21 (15.6)8130.666
 Housewife113 (84.4)5261
() Maternal education
 No education1 (0.7)100.191
 Elementary34 (25.5)1123
 Junior high school47 (35.0)2720
 Senior high school42 (31.4)1824
 Diploma4 (2.9)13
 Bachelor6 (4.5)24
() Nutritional assessment of child
 Good99 (73.9)45540.896
 Mild malnutrition29 (21.6)1217
 Severe malnutrition6 (4.5)33

Chi-squared test.