Table 6 Logistic regression results of infant feeding practice and belief toward breastfeeding (score) in the total sample and by country
Simple | Model 1 | Model 2 | ||||||||
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Dependent variable | Independent variable | COR | (95% CI) | AOR | 95% CI | AOR | (95% CI) | |||
Total | ||||||||||
Breastfeeding at breast | BF belief | 1.22 | (1.18, | 1.26) | 1.11 | (1.07, | 1.15) | 1.13 | (1.09, | 1.18) |
Expressed breast milk | BF belief | 0.82 | (0.80, | 0.85) | 0.99 | (0.95, | 1.03) | 0.98 | (0.94, | 1.02) |
Infant formula | BF belief | 0.80 | (0.78, | 0.83) | 0.86 | (0.83, | 0.90) | 0.85 | (0.82, | 0.89) |
Solid, semi-solid, or soft foods | BF belief | 0.95 | (0.91, | 0.99) | 1.00 | (0.95, | 1.05) | 0.96 | (0.91, | 1.02) |
Brazil | ||||||||||
Breastfeeding at breast | BF belief | 1.124 | (0.99, | 1.27) | 1.11 | (0.98, | 1.26) | 1.12 | (0.98, | 1.29) |
Expressed breast milk | BF belief | 0.934 | (0.84, | 1.04) | 0.94 | (0.84, | 1.05) | 0.92 | (0.81, | 1.03) |
Infant formula | BF belief | 0.912 | (0.83, | 1.00) | 0.92 | (0.84, | 1.02) | 0.89 | (0.81, | 0.99) |
Solid, semi-solid, or soft foods | BF belief | 0.983 | (0.84, | 1.15) | 0.95 | (0.79, | 1.13) | 1.02 | (0.82, | 1.26) |
Taiwan | ||||||||||
Breastfeeding at breast | BF belief | 1.16 | (1.07, | 1.25) | 1.17 | (1.09, | 1.27) | 1.16 | (1.08, | 1.26) |
Expressed breast milk | BF belief | 1.01 | (0.94, | 1.09) | 1.02 | (0.95, | 1.11) | 1.00 | (0.93, | 1.09) |
Infant formula | BF belief | 0.82 | (0.76, | 0.89) | 0.82 | (0.76, | 0.89) | 0.81 | (0.75, | 0.89) |
Solid, semi-solid, or soft foods | BF belief | 1.072 | (0.98, | 1.17) | 1.04 | (0.90, | 1.19) | 1.04 | (0.90, | 1.20) |
Thailand | ||||||||||
Breastfeeding at breast | BF belief | 1.00 | (0.94, | 1.07) | 1.02 | (0.96, | 1.08) | 1.07 | (1.00, | 1.14) |
Expressed breast milk | BF belief | 0.99 | (0.93, | 1.05) | 0.99 | (0.93, | 1.05) | 0.96 | (0.90, | 1.02) |
Infant formula | BF belief | 0.89 | (0.83, | 0.94) | 0.88 | (0.83, | 0.94) | 0.86 | (0.80, | 0.92) |
Solid, semi-solid, or soft foods | BF belief | 0.96 | (0.86, | 1.08) | 0.91 | (0.82, | 1.03) | 0.97 | (0.86, | 1.10) |
South Korea | ||||||||||
Breastfeeding at breast | BF belief | 1.02 | (0.90, | 1.15) | 1.02 | (0.90, | 1.15) | 1.01 | (0.90, | 1.15) |
Expressed breast milk | BF belief | 0.93 | (0.83, | 1.03) | 0.93 | (0.83, | 1.03) | 0.92 | (0.82, | 1.02) |
Infant formula | BF belief | 0.94 | (0.85, | 1.05) | 0.93 | (0.84, | 1.04) | 0.93 | (0.83, | 1.04) |
Solid, semi-solid, or soft foods | BF belief | 0.87 | (0.74, | 1.03) | 0.85 | (0.72, | 1.01) | 0.86 | (0.73, | 1.02) |
UK | ||||||||||
Breastfeeding at breast | BF belief | 1.42 | (1.28, | 1.59) | 1.43 | (1.28, | 1.59) | 1.39 | (1.24, | 1.55) |
Expressed breast milk | BF belief | 1.05 | (0.94, | 1.14) | 1.04 | (0.95, | 1.14) | 1.04 | (0.95, | 1.15) |
Infant formula | BF belief | 0.79 | (0.72, | 0.86) | 0.79 | (0.72, | 0.86) | 0.79 | (0.73, | 0.87) |
Solid, semi-solid, or soft foods | BF belief | 0.99 | (0.89, | 1.11) | 0.96 | (0.84, | 1.10) | 0.99 | (0.86, | 1.13) |