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Table 4 Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis showing factors associated with colostrum avoidance in Gozamen district, East Gojjam zone, North West Ethiopia, 2020(n = 741)

From: Delayed breast feeding initiation increases the odds of colostrum avoidance among mothers in Northwest Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

Variables

Colostrum avoidance Yes No

COR(95% CI)

AOR(95%CI)

P-value

Husband occupation

 Merchant

6 37

0.13 (0.36,0.46)

0.81 (0.07,8.66)

0.973

 Farmer

120,446

0.22 (0.08,0.56)

0.62 (0.08,4.57)

0.641

 Governmental and private employee

9 54

0.13 (0.04,0.43)

0.37 (0.04,3.44)

0.625

 Daily laborer

10 8

1

1

 

Age of the respondent

 15–25

29,133

0.65 (0.39,1.11)

0.88 (0.34,2.28)

0.401

 26–35

85,290

0.88 (0.590,1.310)

1.29 (0.61,2.81)

0.741

 36–45

51,153

1

1

 

Access to TV

 No

159,522

2.74 (1.16,6.49)

1.58 (0.44,5.75)

0.618

 Yes

6 54

1

1

 

BF counseling during ANC

 No

76,271

2.30 (1.49,3.57)

1.28 (0.64,2.56)

0.793

 Yes

34,279

1

1

 

Place of delivery

    

 Health facility

99,567

0.02 (0.01,0.05)

0.06 (0.02,0.19)**

< 0.00

 Home

66 9

1

1

 

PNC visit

 No

57,117

2.07 (1.42,3.02)

0.87 (0.42,1.82)

0.280

 Yes

108,459

1

1

 

BF counseling on timely initiation

 No

132,161

10.31 (6.76,15.73)

3.91 (1.98,7.72)**

< 0.001

 Yes

33,415

1

1

 

Participation in pregnant woman forum

 No

136,186

9.83 (6.35,15.23)

2.59 (1.30,5.14)*

0.013

 Yes

29,390

1

1

 

Prelacteal feeding

    

No

79,535

0.07 (0.05,0.11)

0.10 (0.05,0.21)**

< 0.001

Yes

86 41

1

1

 

Time of BF initiation

 More than 1Hr

130,160

9.66 (6.38,14.63)

2.27 (1.18,4.34)*

0.008

 Within 1Hr

35,416

1

1

 

Attitude towards colostrum

 Unfavorable

90 79

7.55 (5.12,11.12)

7.35 (3.89,13.91)**

< 0.001

 Favorable

75,497

1

1

 
  1. NB: * = P < 0.05, ** = P < 0.001, 1 = Reference category, Hosmer and Lemeshow goodness -of- fit = P- value = 0.844, AOR Adjusted odds ratio, COR Crude odds ratio, CI Confidence interval