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CAMBODIA DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEY 2005 (CDHS 2005)
 

Table: Breastfeeding status by age

Percent distribution of youngest children under three years living with their mother by breastfeeding status and the percentage currently breastfeeding; and the percentage of all children under three years using a bottle with a nipple, according to age in months, Cambodia 2005

Age in months	Percent distribution of young children under three living with their mother by breastfeeding status							Percentage currently breast feeding	Number of youngest children  under three years	Percentage using a bottle with a nipple1	Number of children under three years
			Breastfeeding and consuming
	Not breast feeding	Exclusively breastfed	Plain water only	Non milk liquids/juice	Other milk	Complementary foods	Total
0-1	0.5	74.0	18.4	0.0	6.4	0.7	100.0	99.5	206	5.8	209
2-3	4.8	63.0	20.2	0.0	6.9	5.1	100.0	95.2	277	12.6	277
4-5	4.8	45.6	27.9	0.1	2.4	19.2	100.0	95.2	256	13.5	258
6-8	3.4	6.0	10.0	0.7	0.2	79.8	100.0	96.6	393	9.9	394
9-11	5.3	0.3	3.3	0.0	0.0	91.1	100.0	94.7	371	14.3	379
12-17	12.4	0.0	0.4	0.1	0.1	86.9	100.0	87.6	737	13.5	747
18-23	40.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	59.4	100.0	59.5	719	10.1	770
24-35	77.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	22.6	100.0	22.7	1,118	8.0	1,418
0-3	3.0	67.7	19.4	0.0	6.7	3.2	100.0	97.0	483	9.6	486
0-5	3.6	60.0	22.4	0.0	5.2	8.8	100.0	96.4	739	11.0	743
6-9	4.0	4.8	8.9	0.5	0.1	81.7	100.0	96.0	512	11.5	514
12-15	10.1	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.2	89.4	100.0	89.9	499	13.7	504
12-23	26.3	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.1	73.3	100.0	73.7	1,456	11.8	1,517
20-23	45.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	54.1	100.0	54.2	493	10.2	532

Note: Breastfeeding status refers to a 24-hour period (yesterday and the past night). Children who are classified as breastfeeding and consuming plain water only consumed no liquid or solid supplements.
The categories of not breastfeeding, exclusively breastfed, breastfeeding and consuming plain water, non-milk liquids/juice, other milk, and complementary foods (solids and semisolids) are hierarchical and mutually exclusive, and their percentages add to 100 percent. Thus children who receive breast milk and non-milk liquids and who do not receive complementary foods are classified in the non-milk liquid category even though they may also get plain water. Any children who get complementary food are classified in that category as long as they are breastfeeding as well.
¹ Based on all children under three years