Table 2 Subgroup analysis which indicates the pooled prevalence prelacteal feeding practices in Ethiopia
From: Prelacteal feeding and associated factors in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis
Subgroups | Number of studies included | Prevalence (95% CI) | Heterogeneity statistics | p - value | I2 | Tau-squared | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Region | Amhara | 15 | 27.37 (15.50, 39.25) | 3764.65 | < 0.001 | 99.6% | 547.17 |
Oromia | 5 | 29.76 (4.04, 55.49) | 1904.20 | < 0.001 | 99.8% | 859.03 | |
SNNP | 3 | 17.04 (5.97, 28.11) | 52.18 | < 0.001 | 96.2% | 91.43 | |
aOthers | 5 | 19.43 (10.17, 28.69) | 319.43 | < 0.001 | 98.7% | 109.31 | |
Time of study years | Before 2015 | 15 | 30.94 (17.51, 44.37) | 5314.10 | < 0.001 | 99.7% | 701.28 |
2015 and above | 13 | 18.70 (14.10, 23.30) | 543.91 | < 0.001 | 97.8% | 68.67 | |
Study setting | Community based | 25 | 25.07 (16.67, 33.48) | 8171.93 | < 0.001 | 99.7% | 456.90 |
Institution based | 3 | 27.15 (8.37, 45.92) | 109.26 | < 0.001 | 98.2% | 269.91 | |
Systematic random sampling | 4 | 29.57 (15.19, 43.94) | 200.50 | < 0.001 | 98.5% | 211.74 | |
Sampling techniques | Multistage random sampling | 11 | 19.38 (13.10, 25.66) | 999.06 | < 0.001 | 99.0% | 110.54 |
Simple random sampling | 9 | 29.57 (11.93, 47.22) | 2037.82 | < 0.001 | 99.6% | 726.33 | |
Census | 4 | 27.34 (1.61, 53.08) | 798.42 | < 0.001 | 99.6% | 686.01 | |