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Table 4 Factors associated with prelacteal feeding practices among mothers of children aged 24 months or less in the Woldia, Kobo and Lalibela towns of North- Eastern Ethiopia, March 2015

From: Factors associated with prelacteal feeding in North Eastern Ethiopia: A community based cross-sectional study

Variables

Prelacteal feeding n (%)

Crude odds ratio (95 % CI)

Adjusted odds ratio (95 % CI)

Age of mother

 <20

14 (15.9)

1

1

 20–34

63 (10.5)

0.6 (0.30, 1.16)

1.95 (0.41, 9.22)

 >34

10 (10.4)

0.6 (0.26, 1.46)

2.9 (0.47, 17.91)

Mothers’ educational status

 No formal education

29 (13.7)

1.39 (0.86, 2.25)

1.1 (0.49, 2.53)

 Formal education

58 (10.2)

1

1

Early initiation of breast milk

   

 Yes

49 (8.2)

1

1

 No

34 (20.2)

2.8 (1.70, 4.61)

1.9 (0.89, 4.02)

Colostrum feeding

   

 Yes

54 (7.8)

1

1

 No

33 (37.9)

7.3 (4.30, 12.12)

8.7 (3.82, 20.10)a

Counseling on breastfeeding at antenatal care visit

 Yes

22 (6.8)

1

1

 No

49 (12)

1.9(1.12, 3.16)

2.6 (1.27, 5.42)a

Sex of index child

 Female

35 (9.5)

1

1

 Male

52 (12.6)

1.4 (0.93, 2.15)

1.1 (0.52, 2.20)

Place of delivery

 Health facility

55 (7.9)

1

1

 Home

32 (39)

7.5 (4.45, 12.65)

3.4 (0.63, 19.51)

Assistant during delivery

 Othersb

32 (36)

6.5 (3.89, 10.87)

1.3 (0.24, 7.12)

 Health professional

55 (8)

1

1

  1. aStatistically significant variables at p-value = 0.05, CI confidence interval, b TBAs and family members, Hosmer- Lemeshow goodness-of-fit = 0.389