Respondents’ use of evidence-based newborn care practices in the home for the first month of life (reported at 4 weeks post delivery)
| Baby exclusively breast feed in past 24 hours n (%) | Proper umbilical cord care (nothing on cord) n (%) | Ever practised skin-to-skin care n (%) | Washes hands when feeding baby* n (%) | Washes hands when handling baby stool/urine* n (%) | |
| All respondents (n=13 730) | 10 621 (77.4) | 6334 (46.1) | 1109 (8.1) | 2867 (20.9) | 2578 (18.8) |
| Received any postnatal education (n=6120) | 4764 (77.8) | 3001 (49.0) | 699 (11.4) | 1434 (23.4) | 1299 (21.2) |
| No postnatal education (n=7610) | 5857 (77.0) | 3333 (43.8) | 410 (5.4) | 1433 (18.8) | 1279 (16.8) |
*Unprompted recall of key moments when respondents wash their hands.