Table 4 Determinants of duration of exclusive breastfeeding

Region of residence

*

***

 East

0.753 (0.481, 1.181)

0.217

0.544 (0.309, 0.956)

0.034

 West

0.837 (0.655, 1.069)

0.154

0.647 (0.469, 0.894)

0.008

 Central

0.926 (0.689, 1.245)

0.611

0.787 (0.536, 1.156)

0.222

 North

1

1

1

 South without Abidjan

1.025 (0.799, 1.315)

0.845

0.931 (0.659, 1.315)

0.686

 City of Abidjan

1.230 (0.93, 1.628)

0.148

2 (1.245, 3.214)

0.004

Place of residence

ns

ns

 Urban

1.108 (0.938, 1.308)

0.229

0.778 (0.570, 1.061)

0.113

 Rural

1

1

1

Mother's ethnicity

ns

*

 Akan

1.119 (0.901, 1.39)

0.309

1.560 (1.093, 2.227)

0.014

 Krou

1.105 (0.77, 1.584)

0.588

1.657 (0.986, 2.785)

0.057

 Mande

1.03 (0.818, 1.297)

1.291 (0.95, 1.757)

0.104

 Gur

0.981 (0.771, 1.249)

0.878

1.067 (0.776, 1.467)

0.692

 Foreign/ Other

1

1

1

Religion

ns

ns

 Muslim

1

1

1

 Catholic

0.904 (0.699, 1.169)

0.442

0.836 (0.585, 1.196)

0.327

 Other Christians

1.028 (0.841, 1.257)

0.787

0.914 (0.652, 1.282)

0.602

 Animist/Other

0.879 (0.678, 1.139)

0.328

0.711 (0.498, 1.016)

0.061

Household standard of living

ns

***

 Very low

0.985 (0.75, 1.293)

0.913

1.587 (0.949, 2.654)

0.078

 Low

1.164 (0.882, 1.536)

0.283

2.153 (1.325, 3.499)

0.002

 Medium

1.089 (0.819, 1.447)

0.558

1.848 (1.189, 2.873)

0.006

 High

1.365 (1.005, 1.853)

0.047

2.534 (1.69, 3.8)

0.000

 Very high

1

1

1

1

Cohabitation of spouses

ns

ns

 With spouse

0.872 (0.701, 1.085)

0.220

0.894 (0.66, 1.209)

0.466

 Alone

1

1

1

1

Level of education

ns

**

 None

0.914 (0.721, 1.16)

0.46

0.725 (0.516, 1.018)

0.063

 Primary

0.839 (0.631, 1.116)

0.228

0.639 (0.447, 0.914)

0.014

 Secondary and above

1

1

1

1

Age at delivery

ns

*

 Less than 20 years old

1

1

1

1

 20 - 34 years old

0.863 (0.68, 1.096)

0.226

0.798 (0.587, 1.085)

0.150

 35 years and older

0.779 (0.579, 1.047

0.098

0.597 (0.375, 0.95)

0.030

Parity

ns

ns

 Low

1

1

1

1

 Medium

0.958 (0.78, 1.177)

0.683

0.980 (0.751, 1.279)

0.884

 High

0.983 (0.793, 1.219)

0.875

1 (0.702, 1.425)

1.000

Exposure to medical discourse

ns

***

 Not exposed

1.114 (0.866, 1.189)

0.237

1.364 (0.873, 2.133)

0.173

 Weakly

1

1

1

1

 Strongly

0.895 (0.945, 1.32)

0.193

0.736 (0.595, 0.91)

0.005

Exposure to the media

ns

*

 Not exposed

0.999 (0.784, 1.256)

0.993

1.21 (0.859, 1.704)

0.276

 Moderately

1.108 (0.891, 1.379)

0.357

1.393 (1.028, 1.889)

0.033

 More exposed

1

1

1

1

Child’s sex

**

***

 Male

1

1

1

1

 Female

1.179 (1.004, 1.383)

0.044

1.482 (1.22, 1.798)

0.000

Child's health

**

***

 Sick

1

1

1

1

 Not ill

1.179 (1.006, 1.416)

0.042

1.801 (1.452, 2.234)

0.000

Desirability of the child

ns

ns

 Desired

0.934 (0.79, 1.104)

0.422

0.994 (0.808, 1.223)

0.957

 Not desired

1

1

1

1