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Table 2 Demographic details and knowledge of EBF of mothers from the rural areas of Jaffna District and mean duration of EBF

From: Determinants of early cessation of exclusive breastfeeding practices among rural mothers from Jaffna District of Sri Lanka

Variable

Total (n = 338)

EBF (n = 208)

No

%

No.# (No / Total)

%Â¥

p-value

Mean EBF Duration (Months)

p-value

Crude OR (95% CI)

p-value

AOR##

p-value

Education level of mothers a

 No formal / Primary

29

8.6

4 / 11

3.6

0.027

3.82 (± 1.51)

0.012

6.42 (1.62–25.62)

0.027

1.62 (0.26–9.93)

0.603

 Junior Secondary

134

39.6

66 / 87

75.9

5.26 (± 1.51)

1.17 (0.52–2.61)

2.02 (0.32–12.76)

0.457

 Senior Secondary

83

24.6

44 / 56

78.6

5.54 (± 1.03)

1

1

 

 Secondary Pass

72

21.3

26 / 40

65.0

5.03 (± 1.64)

1.97 (0.79–4.91)

0.52 (0.55–4.90)

0.568

 Diploma / Degree

20

5.9

8 / 14

57.1

5.29 (± 1.0)

2.75 (0.8–9.47)

 

0.72 (0.14–3.58)

0.688

Knowledge on EBFb

 Yes

147

70.7

101 / 147

68.7

0.244

5.14 (1.54)

0.053

1

0.244

-

-

 No

61

29.3

47 / 61

77.0

5.41 (1.24

1.53 (0.77–3.05)

Employment of mothersc

 Unemployed

278

82.2

131 / 179

74.4

0.019

5.26 (± 1.47)

0.547

1

0.019

1

0.14

 Professional

41

12.1

13 / 26

50.0

 

4.92 (± 1.44)

 

2.57 (1.9–5.56)

 

4.31 (1.34–13.9)

 

 Non-professional

19

5.6

4 / 6

66.7

5.33 (± 1.21)

Total income (LKR / Month)d

  ≤ 19,999

159

47.0

55 / 90

61.1

0.003

4.92 (± 1.6)

0.023

1

0.003

1

 

 20,000–39,999

131

38.8

78 / 94

83.0

5.51 (± 1.27)

0.32 (0.16–0.64)

0.34 (0.084–1.41)

0.139

  ≥ 40,000

48

14.2

15 / 24

62.5

5.17 (± 1.46)

0.94 (0.37–2.39)

1.20 (0.317–4.45)

0.799

Wealth statuse

 Poor class

39

11.5

21 / 30

70.0

0.013

5.03 (± 1.67)

0.033

1

0.013

1

 

 Second class

100

29.6

48 / 65

73.8

5.34 (± 1.29)

0.83 (0.32–2.15)

2.33 (0.63–8.64)

0.206

 Middle class

160

47.3

68 / 88

77.3

5.40 (± 1.36)

0.69 (0.27–1.73)

3.18(1.02–9.89)

0.046

 Fourth class

39

11.5

11 / 25

44.0

4.48 (± 1.76)

2.97 (0.98–9.02)

2.95 (1.0–8.71)

0.051

  1. AOR Adjusted odds ratio, EBF exclusive breastfeeding, LKR Sri Lankan rupee
  2. #Number of mothers who fed breastfeeding exclusively
  3. ¥ The percentage of exclusively breastfed children within educational level of the mothers, knowledge on EBF, employment of mothers, total income and wealth status
  4. aPrimary level: grade 1–5; Junior secondary / up to general common examination-ordinary level (GCE [O / L]): from grade 6–11; Senior secondary / up to general common examination-advance level (GCE [A / L]): Grade 11–13; Diploma / degree holders: undergraduate or graduate degree or diploma holders
  5. bKnowledge on EBF was collected from the mothers who have children aged between 6 to 23 months (n = 208)
  6. cProfessional job: skill work at government and non-government sectors, and mothers get regular monthly salary; Non-professional job: unskilled works, including non-skilled self-employments, and mothers get mostly daily wage
  7. dIncome is based on the Sri Lankan rupees (LKR)
  8. eHousehold assets were used to obtain the wealth index based on principal component analysis (PCA) [20]
  9. ##Model summary for both Tables 1 and 2 for AOR; Model chi-square = 2.888 (p-value = 0.717), Nagelkerke R2 of the fitted model = 0.222
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