Table 2

Comparison of breastfeeding indicators by age of mother and survey

Maternal age group	Survey	2003			2008			2013			2018
Maternal age group	Survey	N	%	95% CI	N	%	95% CI	N	%	95% CI	N	%	95% CI
Ever-breastfed	<18	158	97.2	93.6 to 98.8	672	97.6	96.2 to 98.5	640	97.6	96.0 to 98.6	585	96.0	93.6 to 97.5
	18–19.9	255	98.8	96.8 to 99.6	1019	97.3	95.9 to 98.2	1101	98.4	97.3 to 99.0	1048	96.2	94.6 to 97.4
	20–24.9	579	98.7	97.2 to 99.4	2746	98.0	97.3 to 98.5	3069	98.4	97.8 to 98.8	3211	97.5	96.8 to 98.0
Early initiation	<18	161	32.2	23.7 to 42.0	676	34.7	30.8 to 38.8	644	37.4	33.1 to 41.9	585	43.7	39.1 to 48.5
	18–19.9	258	33.8	26.1 to 42.6	1029	35.7	32.6 to 38.9	1105	42.8	38.9 to 46.7	1048	51.7	47.9 to 55.5
	20–24.9	585	36.7	32.0 to 41.7	2774	43.7	41.3 to 46.2	3076	45.1	42.7 to 47.6	3211	55.0	52.8 to 57.1
No pre-lacteal feed	<18	151	21.5	13.4 to 32.6	654	33.8	29.7 to 38.2	599	24.1	20.4 to 28.3	564	41.8	36.7 to 47.1
	18–19.9	249	26.8	20.0 to 34.5	982	34.2	31.0 to 37.6	1054	30.8	27.3 to 34.5	1009	44.8	40.8 to 48.9
	20–24.9	570	34.3	29.0 to 39.9	2676	44.1	41.9 to 46.4	2929	39.8	37.3 to 42.3	3124	50.3	47.9 to 52.6
Exclusively breastfed <6 months	<18	39	*		151	2.8	1.1 to 6.8	128	10.2	5.5 to 18.2	108	24.8	15.2 to 37.8
	18–19.9	66	12.5	5.9 to 24.5	221	7.6	4.8 to 11.8	216	10.9	6.8 to 16.9	212	30.2	23.4 to 38.1
	20–24.9	145	16.7	8.2 to 30.9	685	11.4	9.1 to 14.2	689	17.3	14.2 to 20.9	698	28.6	25.0 to 32.5
Continued breastfeeding at 1 year	<18	24	*		134	92.7	86.7 to 96.1	135	92.5	85.5 to 96.2	109	95.7	89.4 to 98.3
	18–19.9	42	*		226	90.8	85.9 to 94.2	230	90.6	85.2 to 94.1	190	90.6	84.7 to 94.3
	20–24.9	104	88.9	73.5 to 95.9	518	83.1	79.4 to 86.3	581	84.4	80.6 to 87.6	579	84.3	80.7 to 87.3
Continued breastfeeding at 2 years	<18	9	*		58	45.6	32.6 to 59.2	73	43.3	31.4 to 56.2	65	31.0	20.7 to 43.7
	18–19.9	32	*		82	35.8	25.1 to 48.2	117	45.4	36.1 to 54.9	136	41.1	31.2 to 51.7
	20–24.9	65	31.9	21.0 to 45.3	281	31.1	25.2 to 37.8	367	32.1	26.8 to 37.9	382	30.6	25.7 to 35.9

*Sample <50 observations.
N, unweighted number of observations.