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Table 5 Factors that affect EBF practice among mothers of infants age less than 6 months using bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis model, East Gojjam, Ethiopia, 2015

From: Exclusive breastfeeding practice and associated factors among mothers in Motta town, East Gojjam zone, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia, 2015: a cross-sectional study

Variables

EBF Practice

 

Yes

(n & %)

No

(n & %)

COR (95% CL)

AOR (95% CL)

Age of child in months

0-1

37 (67.3)

18 (32.7)

2.84 (1.53,5.28)

3.86 (1.64, 9.07)*

2-3

69 (58.0)

50 (42.0)

1.91 (1.22, 2.98)

2.24 (1.16, 4.31)*

4-5

97 (42.0)

134 (58.0)

1

1

Occupational

status

Unemployed

173 (53.6)

150 (46.4)

1.99 (1.21, 3.30)

3.01 (1.46, 6.20)*

Employed

30 (36.6)

52 (63.4)

1

1

Marital status

Married

182 (52.4)

165 (47.6)

1.94 (1.10, 3.46)

 

Unmarried

21 (36.2)

37 (63.6)

1

 

Income

<1000

114 (57.6)

84 (42.4)

2.63 (1.59, 4.35)

3.61 (1.75, 7.45)*

1001-2000

55 (51.4)

52 (48.6)

2.05 (1.17, 3.59)

2.34 (1.12, 4.92)*

>2001

34 (34.0)

66 (66.0)

1

1

Antenatal care

Yes

185 (53)

164 (47)

2.38 (1.31, 4.34)

 

No

18 (32.1)

38 (67.9)

1

 

Breastfeeding counseling during antenatal care

Yes

131 (63.6)

75 (36.4)

2.88 (1.85, 4.48)

2.76 (1.52,4.99)*

No

54 (37.8)

89 (62.2)

1

1

Place of birth

Health facility

185 (54.7)

153 (45.3)

3.29 (1.84, 5.89)

 

Home

18 (26.9)

49 (73.1)

1

 

Mode of delivery

Normal/vaginal

190 (51.8)

177 (48.2)

2.06 (1.02, 4.16)

 

Ceaserian section

13 (34.2)

25 (65.8)

1

 

Postnatal care

Yes

116 (58.9)

81 (41.1)

1.99 (1.34,2.96)

 

No

87 (41.8)

121 (58.2)

1

 

Colostrum feeding

Yes

185 (57.3)

138 (42.7)

4.77 (2.70, 8.41)

3.50 (1.45, 8.45)*

No

18 (22)

64 (78)

1

1

Prelacteal feeding

No

189 (58.7)

133 (41.3)

6.90 (3.73,12.79)

4.48(1.82, 11.03)*

Yes

14 (17.1)

68 (82.9)

1

1

Husbands support

Yes

174 (56.1)

136 (43.9)

4.22 (2.01, 8.87)

2.69 (1.04, 6.95)*

No

10 (23.3)

33 (76.7)

1

1

  1. 1 = reference, gg * = p-value less than 0.05, n = number, % = percent