Predictor | % initiation of breastfeeding within 1 h (n = 564) | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | Adjusted ORa (95% CI) |
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Mother’s age | |||
15–19 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 |
20–24 | 20.7 | 1.31 (0.61, 2.77) | 2.85 (1.09, 7.47) |
25–29 | 20.7 | 1.03 (0.49, 2.17) | 1.93 (0.72, 5.13) |
30–34 | 12.8 | 1.67 (0.75, 3.70) | 2.50 (0.87, 7.17) |
35+ | 1.1 | 1.76 (0.37, 8.31) | 1.79 (0.30, 10.43) |
Mother’s education | |||
No education | 6.7 | 1 | 1 |
Primary | 12.9 | 0.78 (0.43, 1.43) | 0.90 (0.46, 1.78) |
Secondary or more | 38.7 | 1.09 (0.64, 1.88) | 1.36 (0.72, 2.55) |
Mother’s occupation | |||
Employed | 22.0 | 1 | 1 |
Not employed | 36.3 | 1.00 (0.74, 1.42) | 1.04 (0.70, 1.54) |
Parity | |||
1 | 35.3 | 1 | 1 |
2 | 14.7 | 1.21 (0.81, 1.81) | 1.04 (0.66, 1.64) |
3+ | 8.3 | 1.89 (1.08, 3.32) | 2.1 (1.04, 4.30) |
Number of months pregnant at time of first antenatal care visit | |||
< 4 | 20.0 | 1 | 1 |
4+ | 36.2 | 1.42 (1.01, 2.01) | 1.49 (1.01, 2.19) |
Mother’s attendance of health education/ counsellingb | |||
Unsatisfactory | 14.4 | 1 | 1 |
Satisfactory | 40.2 | 2.21 (1.52, 3.20) | 2.27 (1.54, 3.36) |