Table 2 Prevalence of prelacteal feeding and the relationship with personal and health services related factors
Characteristics | Levels | Prelacteal feeding | Â | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
No (n = 556) | Yes (n = 319) | P - value | ||
Age categories | 15–24 | 247 (64.3) | 137 (35.7) | 0.672 |
25 and beyond | 309 (62.9) | 182 (37.1) | ||
mean (SD) | 26.1 (5.7) | 26.4 (6.2) | 0.491 | |
Ethnicity | Basoga | 404 (66.1) | 207 (33.9) | 0.058 |
Baganda | 58 (56.3) | 45 (43.7) | ||
Basamia | 17 (73.9) | 6 (26.1) | ||
Mugishu | 13 (61.9) | 8 (38.1) | ||
Others | 64 (54.7) | 53 (45.3) | ||
Level of education | None | 46 (55.4) | 37 (44.6) | 0.375 |
Primary | 212 (65.6) | 111 (34.4) | ||
Secondary | 248 (63.9) | 140 (36.1) | ||
Tertiary and beyond | 50 (61.7) | 31 (38.3) | ||
Type of employment | Formal | 58 (56.9) | 44 (43.1) | 0.003 |
Self | 196 (58.3) | 140 (41.7) | ||
None | 302 (69.1) | 135 (30.9) | ||
Marital status | Single/never married | 56 (48.3) | 60 (51.7) | < 0.001 |
Married | 473 (66.6) | 237 (33.4) | ||
Divorced/separated | 27 (55.1) | 22 (44.9) | ||
A mother living with HIV | No | 508 (63.9) | 287 (36.1) | 0.490 |
Yes | 48 (60.0) | 32 (40.0) | ||
Number of antenatal care visits at recent pregnancy | Less than 4 | 396 (60.8) | 255 (39.2) | < 0.001 |
4 and more | 160 (71.4) | 64 (28.6) | ||
mean (SD) | 6.06 ± 1.91 | 5.24 ± 2.52 | < 0.0001 | |
Birth order | First | 124 (68.5) | 57 (31.5) | 0.158 |
Second | 151 (66.5) | 76 (33.5) | ||
Third | 122 (61.9) | 75 (38.1) | ||
Fourth | 70 (62.5) | 42 (37.5) | ||
Fifth and beyond | 89 (56.3) | 69 (43.7) | ||
Mode of delivery | Caesarean section | 69 (54.3) | 58 (45.7) | 0.020 |
Spontaneous vaginal delivery | 487 (65.1) | 261 (34.9) | ||
Delivered in a health facility | No | 63 (42.6) | 85 (57.4) | < 0.001 |
Yes | 493 (67.8) | 234 (32.2) | ||
Birthweight (kg) | Less than 2.5 | 20 (47.6) | 22 (52.4) | 0.089 |
2.5–4.0 | 478 (64.3) | 265 (35.7) | ||
Above 4.0 | 58 (64.4) | 32 (35.6) | ||
Maternal residence | Urban | 121 (62.4) | 73 (37.6) | 0.828 |
Peri-urban | 217 (64.8) | 118 (35.2) | ||
Rural | 218 (63.0) | 128 (37.0) | ||
Prelacteal feeding causes diarrhea | No | 134 (60.6) | 87 (39.4) | 0.299 |
Yes | 422 (64.5) | 232 (35.5) | ||
Prelacteal feeding causes breathing difficulties | No | 362 (59.2) | 249 (40.8) | < 0.001 |
Yes | 194 (73.5) | 70 (26.5) | ||
Level of health facility | Health center | 220 (59.8) | 148 (40.2) | 0.049 |
General Hospital | 336 (66.3) | 171 (33.7) | ||
Place of recent antenatal care attendance | Private-not-for profit | 170 (85.0) | 30 (15.0) | < 0.001 |
Public/or government | 386 (57.2) | 289 (42.8) | ||
Distance from home to health facility (km) | Less or equals 5 km | 354 (69.4) | 156 (30.6) | < 0.001 |
Beyond 5 km | 202 (55.3) | 163 (44.7) | ||
|  | Mean (SD) | 5.7 (6.5) | 9.3 (10.1) | < 0.0001 |