Background: Despite the provision of maternity leave benefits under the maternity benefit amendment act, its access by working mothers in the community is unknown.
Objectives: The objective is to find out access to maternity leave among working mothers and its association with breastfeeding practices.
Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional, community-based study was conducted among 150 working mothers with children 6 months to 3 years of age. Chi-square tests and logistic regression were applied to find the association of breastfeeding practices with maternity leave and independent predictors of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF), respectively.
Results: Paid maternity leave was accessed by majority (103, 68.7%) of the working mothers. EBF among mothers working in government organizations was more (Adjusted odds ratio: 2.3, 95% confidence interval: 1.0-5.1) than in private organizations.
Conclusion: Lower proportion of mothers in private organizations had availed paid maternity leave as compared to government organizations. Increase in coverage of maternity benefits in the private sector is needed.
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