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Table 5 Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression to identify factors associated with acceptance of donor milk banking among mothers attending public hospitals in eastern Ethiopia, 2016 (N = 1085)

From: Acceptability of donor breast milk banking, its use for feeding infants, and associated factors among mothers in eastern Ethiopia

Explanatory variables

Outcome variable

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

Acceptance of HBMB

No

Yes

Residence

 Urban

600

146

1

1

 Rural

304

35

0.47 (0.32, 0.7)

0.8 (0.4, 1.6)

Educational status

 Illiterate

238

31

1

1

 Literate

666

150

1.7 (1.14, 2.6)

1 (0.48, 2.2)

Participants occupation

 House wife

551

95

1

1

 Trading/merchant

123

12

0.56 (0.3, 1.1)

0. 7 (0.33, 1.55)

 Government employed

133

62

2.7 (1.8, 3.9)

1.7 (0.97, 2.95)

 Private employed

97

12

0.72 (0.4, 1.4)

0.84 (0.35, 2)

Visited units in the hospital

 MCH

509

85

1

1

 Obstetrics ward

138

26

1.1 (0.7, 1.8)

1.33 (0.66, 2.68)

 Pediatrics ward

146

19

0.78 (0.46, 1.3)

0.98 (0.47, 2.1)

 NICU

111

51

2.7 (1.8, 4.1)

2 (1.1, 3.73)

Antenatal visits during last pregnancy

 No

163

20

1

1

 Yes

741

161

1.77 (1.08, 2.9)

1.4 (0.8,2.9)

Number of antenatal visits

 1–3 ANC visits

383

103

1

1

  > + 4 ANC visits

357

59

0.62 (0.43, 0.87)

0.52 (0.32, 0.83)

Counseling about BF during antenatal visits

 No

293

42

1

1

 Yes

448

119

1.85 (1.3, 2.7)

2.2 (1.2, 4.2)

Postnatal visits after last pregnancy

 No

628

111

1

1

 Yes

276

70

1.4 (1, 2)

1.1 (0.64, 1.84)

Counseling of BF at under-five OPD

 No

268

34

1

1

 Yes

465

114

1.9 (1.3, 2.9)

0.75 (0.38, 1.46)

Ever heard about HBMB

 No

858

119

1

1

 Yes

46

62

9.7 (6.3, 14.8)

5.77 (3.1, 10.72)

Ever heard about wet nurse

 No

762

81

1

 

 Yes

142

100

6.6 (4.6, 9.3)

4.2 (2.5, 6.99)

  1. Significant at P < 0.001, HBM human breast milk, HBMB human breast milk banking, MCH maternal and child health care unit, NICU Neonatal intensive care unit, ANC Antenatal care, PNC Postnatal care, OPD Outpatient department, BF Breast Feeding, COR Crude Odds Ratio, AOR Adjusted Odds Ratio