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Table 3 Factors associated with having a positive attitude about human milk banking

From: Attitudes towards human milk banking among native turkish and refugee women residing in a rural region of Turkey: a mixed-methods approach

 

n(%)

Crude OR (95% Cl)

Adjusted OR (95% Cl)

Age

19– 29

108 (54.0)

1

 

30– 49

52 (73.2)

1.71 (1.12, 2.59)

1.22 (0.58, 2.56)

Education status

Primary or Secondary

86 (67.2)

1.47 (1.08, 1.98)

0.80 (0.42, 1.89)

College

55 (57.9)

1.07 (0.64, 1.78)

 

University

19 (39.6)

1

 

Working status

Housewife

121 (69.1)

3.27 (1.95, 5.50)

4.19 (2.0, 8.76)

Employed

39 (40.6)

1

 

Family type

Nuclear family

135 (59.0)

1

 

Extended family

25 (59.5)

1.01 (0.68, 1.51)

 

Number of children

1

63 (52.1)

1

 

2

71 (59.2)

0.99 (0.60, 1.61)

 

≥ 3

26 (86.7)

1.68 (1.03, 2.74)

4.77 (1.25, 8.15)

How did you feed your youngest baby in the first six months?

Only breast milk

108 (59.3)

1.95 (0.42, 8.91)

 

Both

49 (59.3)

 

Only infant formula

3 (42.9)

1

 

Ever heard about wet nursing?

Yes

156 (66.1)

5.78 (2.28, 14.6)

2.83 (0.59, 3.62)

No

4 (11.4)

1

 

Positive attitude towards wet nursing

Yes

152 (71.0)

5.06 (2.64, 9.67)

6.12 (3.14, 9.63)

No

8 (14.0)

1

 

Ever heard about HMB?

Yes

46 (71.9)

2.08 (1.13, 3.83)

2.68 (1.24, 5.79)

No

114 (55.1)

1