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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the variables

From: Effect of timely initiation of breastfeeding on child health in Ghana

Variables

Mean

Standard deviation

Minimum

Maximum

Height-for-Age

−1.055

1.734

−5.99

6

Duration of Breastfeeding

16.332

8.058

0

58

Child Age

28.644

17.230

0

59

Mother’s Age

30.191

6.997

15

49

Time to water source

17.347

19.572

0

120

  1. Source: Author’s computation from the GDHS 2008.