Table 3 Factors that affect timely initiation of breastfeeding practice among mothers of infants aged less than 6 months using bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, 2017
Variables | Timely initiation of breastfeeding | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes n (%) | No n (%) | Crude Odds Ratio (95% CI) | Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI) | ||
Place of delivery | Home | 79 (66.4) | 40 (33.6) | 1 | 1 |
Health institution | 276 (78.2) | 77 (21.8) | 1.81 (1.019,2.681) | 3.36 (1.476, 7.672)* | |
Mode of delivery | Vaginal delivery | 225 (78.4) | 62 (21.6) | 1.46 (1.041, 2.522) | 6.99 (3.496, 14.007)* |
Caesarean section | 132 (71.4) | 53 (28.6) | 1 | 1 | |
Occupational status | Unemployed | 209 (82.9) | 43 (17.1) | 2.4 1 (1.272, 3.095) | 2.26 (0.998, 4.310) |
Employed | 147 (71) | 73 (29) | 1 | 1 | |
Mother’s educational status | Uneducated | 99 (70.2) | 42 (29.8) | 1 | 1 |
Educated | 257 (77.6) | 74 (22.4) | 1.47 (1.041, 2.609) | 1.91 (0993, 3.708) | |
Maternal age | 15-29 yrs | 220 (70.5) | 92 (29.5) | 1 | 1 |
≥ 30 yrs | 130 (81.2) | 30 (18.8) | 1.81 (1.168, 3.014) | 1.49 (0.764, 2.926) | |
Breastfeeding counseling during antenatal visit | Yes | 176 (86.7) | 27 (13.3) | 1.85 (1.069, 3.187) | 5.64 (2.702, 11.798)* |
No | 130 (77.8) | 37 (22.2) | 1 | 1 | |