Socioecological predictors of breastfeeding practices in rural eastern Ethiopia

Table 1 Bivariate analysis of demographic variables (n = 102)

Variables of Interest	Total (%)	Early Initiation p-value	Prelacteal Feeding p-value	Untimely Complementary Feeding
Variables of Interest				Early p-value	Late p-value
Underlying Factors
Mother's Age (N = 101)		1	0.84	0. 16*	1
< 25 (16–24)	42.57
> 25 (25–40)	57.43
Mother's Literacy (N = 99)
Literate	26.3	1	0.64	0.24	0.32
Illiterate	73.7
Khat Use (N = 102)		0.30	0.68	0.03*	1
Daily Past Month	67.7
Immediate Factors
Antenatal Care Visits (N = 102)		0.25	0.37	1	0.32
> 4 visits	26.5
< 4 visits	37.3
0 visits	36.2
Time Impoverished (N = 102)	53.9	0.80	0.69	0.50	0.37
Father living in Household (N = 102)	96	0.15*	0.32	0.32	1
No. living in household with the child (N = 102)
> 6 individuals	48	0.80	0.16*	0.16*	0.67
Physiological Factors
No Factors
Basic Factors
Food Insecurity, Severe (N = 102)	31.4	0.00*	0.51	0.72	0.64
Kebele		0.00*	0.01*	0.77	0.19*
1	30.3
2	10.8
3	19.6
4	9.8
5	29.4
Primary income from khat (N = 102)	81.3	0.18*	0.44	0.20*	1
Additional Factors¹
Iron Suppl. (Any) (N = 100)	48	0.43	1	0.72	0.05*
Drugs for Intestinal Worms (N = 101)	1	1	1	0.09*	1
Anti-Malaria Medication (N = 101)	2	1	0.18*	1	1
Bed Nets Used Daily (N = 101)	24.7	0.55	1	0.45	0.33
Child Sex (N = 102)		0.30	0.02*	0.03*	0.36
Male	50
Female	52
Access to Water Distance (N = 99)		0.98	0.96	0.68	0.39
In the home	3.03
Less than 5 min away	9.09
Less than 30 min away	45.45
Less than 1 h away	20.2
More than 1 h away	22.2

¹Additional Factors are those included in our bivariate analysis but not in our conceptual model
²Covariates in our conceptual model meeting the p < .2 threshold were included in regression models

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