Breastfeeding policy and practices at the general paediatric outpatient clinic of a teaching hospital in Lagos, Nigeria

Table 6 Multiple regression analysis of factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months and any breastfeeding for 12 months

Dependent variable	Independent variable	R	r²	F	Sig. F change
Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months^a	ANC in private hospital	0.217	0.047	10.8	0.001
Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months^a	Christian religion	0.261	0.068	8.0	0.028
Breastfeeding beyond 12 months^b	Low maternal education	0.207	0.040	7.6	0.006

ANC - antenatal care; low maternal education - equal to less than secondary education; ^aAdjusted for maternal age, parity, maternal education, social class, place of delivery and child sex; ^bAdjusted for maternal age, parity, religion, social class, place of ANC, place of delivery and child sex.

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