Table 3 Proportion of prelacteal feeding by each sociodemographic characteristic and the absolute risk difference

 15–19

3152

505

3236

498

13.81

Ref.

13.33

Ref.

 20–24

7720

1144

7779

1045

12.91

0.90

11.84

1.47

 25–29

7362

1009

7571

951

12.05

1.76

11.15

2.18

 30–34

5408

810

5576

723

13.03

0.78

11.48

1.85

 35–39

3511

526

3610

494

13.03

0.78

12.48

0.85

 40–44

1390

205

1402

208

12.85

0.96

12.04

1.29

 45–49

271

43

289

41

13.69

0.12

12.91

0.42

 No education

8392

1360

7400

1067

16.08

Ref.

12.60

Ref.

 Primary

14,407

1815

14,969

1862

11.19

4.89

11.06

1.54

 Sec & above

7311

1007

7094

1030

12.74

3.34

12.68

−0.80

 Working

18,079

2750

18,695

2754

12.20

Ref.

12.84

Ref.

 Not working

10,735

1492

10,768

1206

13.20

1.00

10.07

2.77

 Poor

13,295

2146

13,436

1880

13.90

Ref.

12.27

Ref.

 Middle

5357

690

5798

738

11.41

2.49

11.29

0.98

 Rich

10,162

1406

10,230

1341

12.15

1.75

11.59

0.68

 Male

14,348

2174

14,709

2034

13.16

Ref.

12.14

Ref.

 Female

14,466

2068

14,754

1926

12.51

0.65

11.55

0.59

 No

28,433

4145

29,097

3866

12.72

Ref.

11.73

Ref.

 Yes

381

97

367

93

20.29

−7.57

20.29

−8.56

 Within 1 h

24,319

2323

24,808

2155

8.71

Ref.

7.99

Ref.

 After 1 h

4495

1919

4656

1804

29.92

−21.21

27.93

−19.94

 No

10,606

1561

10,772

1299

12.83

Ref.

10.76

Ref.

 Yes

18,208

2681

18,691

2661

12.83

0.00

12.46

−1.70

 Primiparous

5887

989

6070

951

14.38

Ref.

13.55

Ref.

 Multiparous Grand

14,712

1972

14,977

1835

11.81

2.57

10.91

2.64

 multiparous

8206

1281

8417

1173

13.50

0.88

12.24

1.31

 No

1890

559

2258

420

22.83

Ref.

15.69

Ref.

 One & two

3631

653

3793

585

15.24

7.59

13.35

2.34

 Three

7956

1020

8074

1000

11.36

11.47

11.02

4.67

 Four & above

15,337

2010

15,338

1955

11.59

11.24

11.30

4.39

 Home

7173

1883

7438

1634

20.79

Ref.

18.01

Ref.

 Health facility

21,641

2359

22,026

2325

9.83

10.96

9.55

8.46

 Yes

1531

435

1527

424

22.13

−9.88

21.72

−10.49

 No

27,283

3807

27,937

3535

12.25

Ref.

11.23

Ref.

 Small

4637

932

4732

790

16.74

−4.22

14.32

−2.75

 Average

1557

2078

15,697

1987

11.77

0.75

11.23

0.34

 Large

8605

1232

9035

1182

12.52

Ref.

11.57

Ref.

 Big problem

12,146

1852

13,005

1764

13.23

Ref.

11.95

Ref.

 Not a big problem

16,668

2390

16,459

2195

12.54

0.69

11.77

0.18

 Urban

7207

1111

6613

997

13.36

Ref.

13.10

Ref.

 Rural

21,607

3131

22,851

2962

12.66

0.70

11.48

1.62

 Low

14,506

2059

15,396

1973

12.43

Ref.

11.36

Ref.

 High

14,308

2183

14,068

1986

13.24

−0.81

12.37

−1.01

 Low

14,100

2172

15,096

2112

13.35

Ref.

12.27

Ref.

 High

14,714

2070

14,368

1847

12.33

1.02

11.39

0.88

 High

6430

962

6159

885

13.01

Ref.

12.56

Ref.

 Low

10,037

1275

10,980

1278

11.27

1.74

10.43

2.13

 Middle

12,347

2005

12,325

1796

13.97

−0.96

12.72

− 0.16

 Low

14,287

1968

14,342

1705

12.11

1.41

10.63

2.34

 High

14,527

2274

15,122

2254

13.53

Ref.

12.97

Ref.

 Burundi

2349

155

2440

139

6.19

32.30

5.39

33.71

 Ethiopia

3199

622

3728

322

16.28

22.21

7.95

31.21

 Kenya

3134

525

2867

519

14.35

24.14

15.31

23.90

 Comoros

666

422

686

443

38.49

Ref.

39.21

Ref.

 Madagascar

1672

654

1757

617

28.12

10.37

26.00

13.21

 Malawi

2078

63

2065

66

2.94

35.35

3.08

36.13

 Mozambique

4009

238

4288

261

5.60

32.89

5.75

33.46

 Rwanda

1417

64

1441

66

4.32

34.17

4.34

34.87

 ’Tanzania

3404

598

3411

545

14.94

23.55

13.78

25.43

 Uganda

1406

441

1355

452

23.88

14.61

25.01

14.20

 Zambia

3544

213

3444

247

5.67

32.82

7.70

31.51

 Zimbabwe

1936

247

1981

283

11.31

27.18

12.49

26.72