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Table 7 Regression analysis of factors significantly associated with willingness to donate breast milk or receive donated breast milk among respondents

From: Perception of donor breast milk and determinants of its acceptability among mothers in a developing community: a cross-sectional multi-center study in south-east Nigeria

Variables

Crude OR

[95% CI]

P

Adjusted OR†2

[95% CI]

P

Mothers education

 Completed primary or less

3.89 (0.55, 12.22)

0.371

2.99 (0.33, 12.01)

0.330

 Completed secondary

1.49 (0.63, 3.50)

0.365

1.16 (0.42, 3.16)

0.777

 Post-secondary

1

1

Mothers occupation

 Unemployed

1

1

 Unskilled or low earner

2.18 (0.86, 5.48)

0.099

2.41 (0.89, 6.49)

0.081

 Semi-skilled or middle earner

1.69 (0.74, 3.87)

0.213

1.99 (0.81, 4.92)

0.132

 Skilled or high earner

2.13 (0.85, 5.32)

0.105

2.62 (0.98, 7.03)

0.055

Mothers socioeconomic class

 Low

1

1

 middle

0.20 (0.04, 1.06)

0.058

0.11 (0.01, 1.14)

0.064

 High

1.41 (0.57, 3.49)

0.452

1.07 (0.31, 3.71)

0.917

Knowledge of donor milk

 None

1

1

 Partial

3.94 (1.34, 11.56)

0.013†

3.41 (0.98, 11.84)

0.054

 Adequate

12.22 (3.53, 24.31)

0.001†

10.76 (2.78, 23.67)

0.001†

Awareness of donor milk policies

 Yes

0.58 (0.22, 1.51)

0.259

0.47 (0.16, 1.36)

0.163

 No

1

1

Financial remuneration involved

 Yes

0.20 (0.12, 0.47)

0.001†

0.18 (0.10, 0.44)

0.001†

 No

1

1

Spouse consent to donate/receive

 Yes

1

1

 No

2.04 (0.96, 4.33)

0.063

2.16 (0.99, 4.73)

0.052

Preference for donor

 Relatives

1

1

 Non-relatives

1.93 (0.73, 5.13)

0.188

2.16 (0.78, 5.96)

0.136

Donor tested and safe

 Yes

1.11 (0.54, 2.29)

0.782

1.03 (0.49, 2.18)

0.931

 No

1

 

1

Milk preference in medical conditions

 Donor milk

6.87 (3.07, 15.39)

0.001†

6.64 (2.87, 15.36)

0.001†

 Infant formula

1

1

  1. P value is statistically significant, †2 Adjusted for maternal age, tribe, religion, marital status and spousal factors