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Table 4 Exclusive breast-feeding practices among mothers of children aged less than six months of age, by selected socio demographic and health service related variables; Halaba Special woreda, SNNPR Ethiopia, 2014

From: Prevalence and predictors of exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life among women in Halaba special woreda, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Region/SNNPR/, Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study

Exclusive breastfeeding practices (n = 420)

Variables

Yes

No

Crude OR (CI)

Adjusted OR (CI)

Number (%)

Number (%)

Age of mother in years

    

 15–19

5(71.4)

2(28.6)

1.0(0.17–6.5)

 

 20–24

51(69.9)

22(30.1)

1.2(0.46–2.8)

 

 25–29

121(73.8)

43(26.2)

0.95(0.4–2.2)

 

 30–34

95(66.4)

48(33.6)

0.74(0.29–1.84)

 

 ≥35

24(72.7)

9(27.3)

1.00

 

Age of child in months

    

 0–1 Months

43(78.2)

12(21.8)

0.65(0.33–1.28)

 

 2–3 Months

78(71.6)

31(28.4)

1.66(0.79–3.52)

 

 4–5 Months

175(68.4)

81(31.6)

1.00

 

Sex of child

    

 Male

145(70.7)

60(29.3)

0.98(0.64–1.49)

 

 Female

151(70.2)

64(29.8)

1.00

 

Attended formal school

    

 Yes

87(82.1)

19(17.9)

2.3(1.29.4.14)*

6.3(1.3–30.9)*

 No

209(66.6)

105(33.4)

1.00

1.00

Marital status

    

 Married

294(71)

120(29)

4.9(0.88–27.1)

 

 Other than Married

2(33.3)

4(66.7)

1.00

 

Occupation

    

 House wife

287(70.9)

118(29.1)

1.62(0.56–4.65)

9.9(1.01–98.6)*

 Worker, other

9(60)

6(40)

1.00

1.00

Average monthly income

    

 0–100 Birr

28(63.6)

16(36.4)

0.37(0.2–0.8)*

 

 101–500 Birr

176(78.2)

49(21.8)

0.18(0.1–0.3)*

3.6(1.9–6.8)*

 500 ≥ Birr

62(82.7)

13(17.3)

0.14(0.06–0.3)*

4.8(2.0–11.5)*

 Don’t know

29(39.2)

45(60.8)

1.00

1.00

ANC follow-up

    

 Yes

258(74.6)

88(25.4)

2.7(1.6–4.5)*

1.9(1.05–3.6)*

 No, Don’t know

38(51.4)

36(48.6)

1.00

1.00

PNC Follow-up

    

 Yes

98(79.8)

25(20.2)

1.97(1.19–3.25)

2.2(1.25–3.87)*

 No, Don’t know

197(66.5)

99(33.5)

1.00

1.00

Advised about EBF during ANC, Delivery &PNC

    

 Yes

166(90.2)

18(9.8)

6.9(1.12–40.99)*

1.9(1.1–3.4)*

 No

126(55)

103(45)

1.09(0.24–4.98)

 

 Don’t Know

4(57)

3(43)

1.00

1.00

Place of birth

    

 Health facilities

66(75)

22(25)

1.33(0.78–2.27)

 

 Home

230(69.3)

102(30.7)

1.00

 

Initiation of breast-feeding

    

 Immediately/within 1 h

149(72.3)

57(27.7)

1.19(0.77–1.85)

3.8(2.4–6.1)*

 After 1 h

147(68.7)

67(31.3)

1.00

1.00

Frequency of breast-feeding (n = 418)

    

 ≥8 times per day

69(63.3)

40(36.7)

0.64(0.4–1.05)

 

 <8 times per day

225(72.8)

84(27.2)

1.00

 

Awareness about EBF

    

 Yes

287(74)

101(26)

7.3(3.08–17.6))*

8.2(3.34–20)*

 No

9(28.1)

23(71.9)

1.00

1.00

Pre-lacteal feeding

    

 Nothing

251(71.7)

99(28.3)

1.4(0.82–2.42)

 

 Other than breast milk

45(64.3)

25(35.7)

1.00

 

Total

296(70.5)

124(29.5)

  
  1. *It describe the significant association in the crud and adjusted OR