Table 3 Correlates of timely initiation of breastfeeding among women in Zimbabwe from 1994 to 2015 (multivariable logistic regression analysis)
Variables | AOR (95% CI) |
|---|---|
Survey year | |
1999 (ref) | 1 |
2006 | 1.27 (1.07, 1.51)** |
2011 | 1.22 (1.05, 1.41)** |
2015 | 0.89 (0.77, 1.03) |
Age of the mother | |
15–19 (ref) | 1 |
20–24 | 1.05 (0.91, 1.22) |
25–29 | 1.17 (1.00, 1.36)** |
30–34 | 1.19 (1.00, 1.40)** |
35–39 | 1.13 (0.93, 1.38) |
40–44 | 1.07 (0.84, 1.36) |
45–49 | 0.88 (0.62, 1.24) |
Place of residence | |
Urban (ref) | 1 |
Rural | 0.86 (0.73, 1.00) |
Education | |
No education (ref) | 1 |
Primary | 1.18 (0.91, 1.52) |
Secondary | 1.15 (0.89, 1.49) |
Higher | 0.84 (0.61, 1.16) |
wealth index | |
Poorest (ref) | 1 |
2 | 0.899 (0.795, 1.02) |
3 | 1.01 (0.89, 1.15) |
4 | 1.04 (0.88, 1.23) |
Richest | 0.99 (0.80, 1.22 |
Religion | |
Christian (ref) | 1 |
Muslim | 1.2 (1.07, 1.36)** |
Other | 1.12 (0.98, 1.27) |
Parity | |
1–3 (ref) | 1 |
> 3 | 0.99 (0.87, 1.11) |
Child wanted | |
Wanted then (ref) | 1 |
Wanted later | 0.89 (0.81, 0.97)** |
Wanted no more | 0.86v (0.73, 1.01) |
Sex of child | |
Male (ref) | 1 |
Female | 0.96 (0. 89,1.03) |