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Table 5.3.2.7 : Prevalence of age-appropriate breastfeeding practices among children aged 0-23 months by
socio-demographic characteristics, NHMS 2016 (N=10,759)

95% CI
Estimated
Sociodemographic characteristics n %
Population Lower Upper
MALAYSIA 10,525 950,601 93.1 91.23 94.53

State
Johor 753 104,648 91.6 83.07 96.00
Kedah 685 70,583 90.8 80.59 95.92
Kelantan 652 62,739 86.2 76.89 92.16
Melaka 840 28,091 97.6 93.51 99.12
N Sembilan 731 36,984 98.0 92.97 99.46
Pahang 689 61,880 96.2 92.06 98.23
Pulau Pinang 694 44,675 99.6 98.86 99.87
Perak 581 65,189 89.1 82.48 93.35
Perlis 677 9,401 95.5 84.00 98.83
Selangor 707 174,235 94.9 85.81 98.25
Terengganu 643 44,432 86.5 76.99 92.51
Sabah & Labuan 796 114,590 93.4 89.15 96.00
Sarawak 639 81,656 96.7 92.19 98.68
WP KL 621 46,044 91.9 85.30 95.73
WP Putrajaya 817 5,455 95.2 86.76 98.35
Locality
Urban 6,258 632,833 93.3 90.78 95.20
Rural 4,267 317,768 92.5 89.91 94.52

Sex
Male 5,459 499,312 93.3 90.43 95.37
Female 5,066 451,289 92.8 90.28 94.67

Ethnicity of mother
Malay 7,277 570,646 90.9 88.08 93.08
Chinese 1,174 147,157 99.0 97.65 99.58
Indians 442 51,444 97.1 87.65 99.37
Other Bumiputera 1,037 126,349 95.6 92.39 97.54
Others 539 36,183 91.4 83.60 95.69

Citizenship of mother
Malaysian Citizen 10,010 890,230 93.0 91.06 94.53
Permanent Resident 47 3,833 86.2 45.57 97.88
Non-Malaysian 412 37,717 95.7 88.88 98.40

Marital status of mother
Married/ Cohabiting 10,281 914,134 93.0 91.07 94.47
Separated/Divorced/Widowed/ 188 17,646 99.1 96.81 99.75
Never married

Education of mother
None 193 13,703 88.5 74.01 95.43
Primary 1,079 92,400 96.2 92.88 97.97
Secondary 5,435 499,399 91.4 88.54 93.53
Higher 3,729 324,674 95.1 91.66 97.20

Occupation of mother
Public Sector 2,517 174,780 95.8 92.85 97.58
Private Sector 2,379 258,147 96.4 91.96 98.44
Self-employed 771 55,300 92.1 84.56 96.09
Housewife 4,646 422,771 90.6 87.76 92.89
Unemployed 92 11,864 98.4 95.26 99.48
Student 39 7,207 67.3 21.06 94.07
Household income
Less than RM1000 800 68,195 95.9 90.99 98.17
RM1000 – RM1999 1,953 168,568 90.0 85.45 93.28
RM2000 – RM2999 1,713 150,786 90.9 85.49 94.41
RM3000 – RM3999 1,416 122,767 91.3 84.97 95.15
RM4000 – RM4999 1,053 84,613 94.7 89.77 97.30
RM5000 and above 3,523 345,655 95.1 91.18 97.37

Some cells have respondent count <30. Results should be interpreted with caution.