Determinants of breastfeeding initiation among mothers in Kuwait

Table 4 Factors independently^a associated with initiation of breastfeeding and any and exclusive breastfeeding at discharge from hospital after adjustment for potential confounders^b (n = 373)

Variables	n	Ever initiated breastfeeding		Any breastfeeding at discharge from hospital		Exclusive breastfeeding at discharge from hospital
		AdjOR ^c	CI 95%	AdjOR	CI 95%	AdjOR	CI 95%
Biomedical
Method of delivery
Vaginal (ref)	235	NS		1.00		1.00
Cesarean section	138			0.60	0.33, 1.06	0.15	0.05, 0.43
Infant admitted to SCU
Yes (ref)	76	1.00		1.00		1.00
No	297	5.67	2.49, 12.95	2.85	1.52, 5.33	4.23	0.98, 18.34
Psychosocial
Father prefers breastfeeding
Yes (ref)	300	NS		1.00		NS
No or ambivalent	73			0.49	0.25, 0.96
Sociodemographic
Country of mother's birth
Kuwait & Gulf countries (ref)	209	1.00		NS		1.00
Other Arab countries	123	3.47	1.12, 10.80			3.12	1.46, 6.66
Other world countries	41	1.38	0.38, 8.82			1.49	0.45, 4.93

^aAll variables in the final model were variables for which, when excluded, the change in deviance compared with the corresponding χ² test statistic on the relevant degrees of freedom was significant.
^b Non-significant variables were maternal grandmother preference of breastfeeding, when the feeding decision was made, previous employment status, future employment intentions, number of years schooling, whether maternal grandmother breastfed any of her children, father's occupation, parity, maternal age, mother's occupation, attendance at antenatal classes
^cAdjOR: Adjusted Odds Ratio

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