Table 6 Intersecting social position and exclusive breastfeeding of children

Urban-Secondary-Rich-Hindu (N = 2562)

1384 (54.0)

1.096

(0.962, 1.250)

0.17

1.109

(0.972, 1.265)

0.13

Urban-Secondary-Rich-Others (N = 887)

465 (52.4)

1.030

(0.870, 1.220)

0.73

1.046

(0.883, 1.239)

0.60

Urban-Secondary-Poor-Hindu (N = 621)

311 (50.1)

0.940

(0.778, 1.137)

0.53

0.891

(0.736, 1.079)

0.24

Urban-Secondary-Poor-Others (N = 221)

128 (57.9)

1.219

(0.912, 1.631)

0.18

1.184

(0.884, 1.555)

0.26

Urban-Primary-Rich-Hindu (N = 239)

114 (47.7)

0.849

(0.645, 1.117)

0.24

0.829

(0.629, 1.093)

0.18

Urban-Primary-Rich-Others (N = 181)

65 (35.9)

0.526

(0.382, 0.725)

< 0.01

0.531

(0.385, 0.733)

< 0.01

Urban-Primary-Poor-Hindu (N = 604)

312 (51.7)

1.000

(0.826, 1.211)

1.00

0.946

(0.70, 1.147)

0.57

Urban-Primary-Poor-Others (N = 233)

111 (47.6)

0.856

(0.648, 1.130)

0.27

0.883

(0.668, 1.166)

0.38

Rural-Secondary-Rich-Hindu (N = 2147)

1213 (56.5)

1.210

(1.056, 1.385)

< 0.01

1.195

(1.042, 1.371)

0.01

Rural-Secondary-Rich-Others (N = 548)

279 (51.0)

0.947

(0.801, 1.190)

0.59

0.947

(0.776, 1.157)

0.60

Rural-Secondary-Poor-Hindu (N = 4996)

2865 (57.3)

1.257

(1.115, 1.416)

< 0.01

1.179

(1.043, 1.332)

0.01

Rural-Secondary-Poor-Others (N = 932)

537 (57.6)

1.266

(1.071, 1.497)

< 0.01

1.213

(1.024, 1.437)

0.03

Rural-Primary-Rich-Hindu (N = 247)

138 (55.9)

1.178

(0.897, 1.547)

0.24

1.137

(0.864, 1.495)

0.36

Rural-Primary-Rich-Others (N = 145)

50 (34.5)

0.495

(0.346, 0.708)

< 0.01

0.494

(0.345, 0.708)

< 0.01

Rural-Primary-Poor-Hindu (N = 5194)

2923 (56.3)

1.201

(1.066, 1.352)

< 0.01

1.131

(1.001, 1.277)

0.05

Rural-Primary-Poor-Others (N = 1387) (Reference)

717 (51.7)

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