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Table 2 Prevalence of breastfeeding and feeding indicators, indigenous children. Ecuador, 2012. [% (95% CI) = percentage (95% confidence interval expanded sample)]

From: Breastfeeding, feeding practices and stunting in indigenous Ecuadorians under 2 years of age

 

Timely initiation of breastfeedinga (0, 12 months)

Timely initiation of breastfeedinga (13, 23 months)

Exclusive breastfeedingb in children under 6 months

Continued breastfeeding

Continued breastfeeding

Continued breastfeeding

Received food the day before

Received food the day before

Received food the day before

(6, 12 months)

(13, 18 months)

(19, 23 months)

(6, 12 months)

(13, 18 months)

(19, 23 months)

 

% (95% CI) †

% (95% CI) ††

% (95% CI) †††

% (95% CI) ††††

% (95% CI) †††††

% (95% CI) ††††††

% (95% CI) ††††

% (95% CI) †††††

% (95% CI) ††††††

Meets indicator

69.5 (61.2, 76.7)

75.5 (64.6, 83.9)

78.2 (68, 85.8)

99.3 (97.7, 99.8)

98.5 (96.1, 99.4)

94.3 (85.3, 98)

72.5 (61.7, 81.2)

98.8 (95.4, 99.7)

99.1 (93.4, 99.9)

Children characteristics

 Child´s gender

  Male

73.9 (61.6, 83.3)

77.4 (64.9, 86.3)

83.5 (70.4, 91.4)

99.5 (96.3, 99.9)

97.5 (92.9, 99.2)

90.8 (73.6, 97.2)

72.8 (60.1, 82.6)

97.7 (91.4, 99.4)

100 (…)

  Female

66.8 (55.3, 76.6)

73.8 (56.5, 85.9)

74.8 (60.3, 85.2)

99.2 (96.5, 99.8)

99.6 (96.8, 99.9)

96.7 (79.2, 99.6)

72.3 (56, 84.3)

100 (…)

98.5 (89.1, 99.8)

 Diarrhea, cough, or runny nose on the last 2 weeks

  No

67 (55.9, 76.4)

74.6 (57.8, 86.3)

86.1 (74.7, 92.9)

100 (…)

98.9 (94.9, 99.8)

91.3 (73, 97.6)

71.2 (52.6, 84.6)

100 (…)

100 (…)

  Yes

72 (57.4, 83.1)

75.8 (64.2, 84.6)

66.9 (46.1, 82.7)

98.5 (95.2, 99.6)

97.8 (93.1, 99.3)

97.3 (91.1, 99.2)

75.5 (63.6, 84.5)

96.9 (88.2, 99.2)

98 (86.3, 99.7)

Mother’s characteristics

 Mother´s age (years)

  14–17

89.5 (70.7, 96.8)c

60.6 (19, 90.9)

86.6 (62.2, 96.2)

100 (…)

88.7 (44.5, 98.7)

100 (…)

61.1 (25.6, 87.8)

100 (…)

100 (…)

  18–25

55.4 (42.1, 67.9)**

74 (54.9, 87)

80.2 (63.2, 90.6)

99.3 (95, 99.9)

99.2 (96.5, 99.8)

93.9 (66.5, 99.2)

79.8 (67.9, 88.1)

97.6 (90.8, 99.4)

100 (…)

  26–35

81.9 (71.8, 88.9)

80.6 (65.3, 90.2)

79.5 (61, 90.6)

99.1 (96.1, 99.8)

98.7 (90.5, 99.8)

93.8 (78.8, 98.4)

65.8 (45.6, 81.5)

100 (…)

98.3 (87.8, 99.8)

  Over 35

75.7 (60, 86.6)

67.6 (46.9, 83.1)

61.9 (36.2, 82.3)

100 (…)

97.2 (81, 99.6)

96.8 (78.7, 99.6)

71 (45.9, 87.6)

100 (…)

100 (…)

 Mother´s educational level

  No studies

75.6 (50.5, 90.4)c

90.1 (49.6, 98.8)

91.8 (66.5, 98.4)

100 (…)

100 (…)

40.8 (4.8, 90.3)d

69.6 (31.9, 91.8)

100 (…)

100 (…)

  Primary

81.4 (74.1, 87)

71.3 (55.3, 83.3)

76.3 (61.5, 86.6)

99 (95.6, 99.8)

99.1 (95.9, 99.8)

95.4 (82.9, 98.9)

70.6 (52.9, 83.7)

98.5 (92.4, 99.7)

98.5 (89.4, 99.8)

  High School

57.8 (44.1, 70.4)

81 (70.5, 88.4)

76.9 (59.1, 88.4)

99.4 (96, 99.9)

96 (86.6, 98.9)

98.5 (89.7, 99.8)

73.8 (59.6, 84.3)

99 (92.9, 99.9)

100 (…)

  University

20.9 (5.7, 53.7)**

69.4 (32.3, 91.5)

95.1 (67.3, 99.5)

100 (…)

100 (…)

100 (…)

93.3 (56.8, 99.3)

100 (…)

100 (…)

 Mother´s marital status

  Civil union/married

67.1 (57.7, 75.3)

74.8 (62.8, 83.9)c

82.4 (72.3, 89.3)

99.1 (97.1, 99.7)

98.2 (95.2, 99.3)c

94.1 (84.7, 97.9)c

72.4 (59.7, 82.3)

98.6 (94.4, 99.6)

99 (93.1, 99.9)

  Single

78.4 (50.3, 92.8)

54.1 (27.7, 78.5)

77.5 (44.9, 93.6)

100 (…)

100 (…)*

100 (…)*

81 (59.1, 92.7)

100 (…)

100 (…)

  Divorced/widowed

78.1 (54.7, 91.4)

100 (…)**

50.9 (21.6, 79.6)

100 (…)

100 (…)*

-

68.9 (29.9, 92)

100 (…)

-

 Number of children

  1, 3

64.2 (53, 74.1)c

74.6 (60.1, 85.2)

81.3 (68.5, 89.7)

99.5 (97.9, 99.9)

98.6 (95.9, 99.5)

96.2 (81.9, 99.3)

73.8 (59.8, 84.2)

98.4 (93.6, 99.6)

98.5 (89.7, 99.8)

  4, 7

79.6 (70, 86.7)*

78.3 (64.5, 87.7)

74.5 (52.9, 88.4)

98.4 (88.9, 99.8)

97.3 (82.5, 99.6)

91.3 (64, 98.4)

73.8 (56.1, 86.2)

100 (…)

100 (…)

  Over 7

82.8 (58.3, 94.3)

71.1 (45.1, 88.1)

74.2 (39.8, 92.6)

100 (…)

100 (…)

86.8 (54.1, 97.3)

63.3 (27.8, 88.5)

100 (…)

100 (…)

Household characteristics

 Area of residence

  Urban

52.3 (32.3, 71.6)c

74.8 (47, 90.9)

76.4 (51.5, 90.8)

100 (…)

98.7 (89.9, 99.8)

98.1 (84.5, 99.8)

74.8 (36.4, 93.9)

97.9 (85.2, 99.7)

100 (…)

  Rural

75.9 (69.6, 81.3)*

76.1 (65, 84.5)

78.9 (67.9, 86.8)

99.1 (97, 99.7)

98.4 (95.5, 99.4)

93.2 (81.7, 97.7)

71.8 (62.6, 79.5)

99.3 (97.3, 99.8)

98.8 (91.5, 99.8)

 Economic quintile

  5 (richest)

89.5 (44.2, 98.9)

72.3 (17.9, 96.9)

100 (…)**

100 (…)

100 (…)

100 (…)

100 (…)**

100 (…)

100 (…)

  4

32.2 (7.3, 74.1)*

76 (21.5, 97.3)

100 (…)**

96.5 (68.3, 99.7)

70 (12.9, 97.4)

100 (…)

100 (…)**

100 (…)

100 (…)

  3

85.3 (61.6, 95.5)

73.7 (36.9, 93.1)

72.4 (25.7, 95.2)

98.6 (89.5, 99.8)

100 (…)

95.4 (68.2, 99.5)

53.9 (18.7, 85.6)

100 (…)

100 (…)

  2

63.4 (42.8, 80)

60.1 (26.2, 86.5)

77.2 (51.6, 91.5)

100 (…)

98.8 (91.2, 99.9)

100 (…)

70.4 (50.3, 84.8)

100 (…)

100 (…)

  1 (poorest)

73.7 (66.2, 80)c

79.2 (69.8, 86.3)

76 (64.1, 85)c

99.4 (96, 99.9)

98.7 (95.7, 99.6)

93.6 (82.4, 97.8)

74.5 (63.7, 82.9)c

98.1 (92.7, 99.5)

98.9 (91.9, 99.9)

 Home in extreme poverty

  No

63.5 (51.6, 74)*

71.5 (55.1, 83.7)

80.1 (65.8, 89.4)

99.2 (96.7, 99.8)

97.7 (93.4, 99.2)

97.5 (92.3, 99.3)

75.2 (59.5, 86.3)

99.6 (97.1, 99.9)

100 (…)

  Yes

78.6 (70.3, 85)c

80.3 (67.5, 88.9)

75.8 (61, 86.3)

99.4 (96, 99.9)

99.5 (96.5, 99.9)

90.8 (71.8, 97.4)

67.5 (53.2, 79.1)

97.8 (89.6, 99.6)

98.1 (86.3, 99.8)

 Human Development Voucher

  No

65.1 (52.4, 76)

79.7 (60.8, 90.8)

76.6 (61.8, 86.9)

99.7 (97.7, 100)

98.4 (94.3, 99.6)

98.7 (91.2, 99.8)

71.8 (55, 84.1)

99.2 (96.8, 99.8)

97.4 (82.7, 99.6)

  Yes

76.3 (67.9, 83.1)

72 (59.4, 81.8)

80.6 (67.8, 89.1)

98.7 (94.5, 99.7)

98.6 (94.3, 99.7)

91.9 (78.1, 97.3)

73.7 (59.2, 84.4)

98.3 (88.9, 99.8)

100 (…)

  1. Sample n = 369, expanded = 27,983 (95% CI 23,581, 32,385); ††Sample n = 256, expanded = 120,087 (95% CI 15,415, 24,759); ††† Sample n = 166, expanded = 13,403 (95% (CI 10,176, 16,630); ††††Sample n = 203, expanded = 14,580 (95% CI 11,656, 17,505); †††††Sample n = 153, expanded = 12,453 (95% CI 8672, 16,234); †††††† Sample n = 103, expanded = 7634 (95% CI 5358, 9909)
  2. aTimely initiation of breastfeeding = breastfeeding within one hour after birth
  3. bExclusive breastfeeding (EBF) = infants under 6 months who received only breast milk for the previous 24 h
  4. cReference category
  5. dFew observations may cause under or over estimation
  6. Statistically significant difference, p value < 0.05. ** Statistically significant difference, p value < 0.01