Faktor Demografi, Pengetahuan Ibu Tentang Air Susu Ibu dan Pemberian Asi Eksklusif

Abstract

To decrease infant mortality and incidence of malnutrition, the Government of Indonesia fixed target of exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months was 80%. Breast-feeding program in the city of Magelang can not reach 40%. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between demographic factors, knowledges of mothers with exclusive breastfeeding. This study was an observational study using cross-sectional approach. The collection of data obtained through interviews with 113 mothers of infants aged 0-6 months using a questionnaire, sampling was done by stratified random sampling method. A lot of 27,4% of respondents gave breastfeeding exclusively. The majority of respondents are very poor in exclusive breastfeeding informations. There is relationship between mother education level (p = 0,043), family income (p = 0,021), and knowledge about exclusive breastfee-ding (p = 0,015) with exclusive breastfeeding