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Table 1 Characteristics of household and association with current breastfeeding status of the last-born children under two years of age: percentages and OR results

From: Breastfeeding status and determinants of current breastfeeding of Syrian refugee children in Turkey

 

Number and percentage of children

Currently breastfed children

Unweighted N (%)a

Weighted N (%)b

N (%)b

P c

ORd

95% CI

Total

744

730

456 (62.4)

   

Region of Turkey

   

0.068

  

 West

130 (17.5)

138 (18.9)

73 (52.9)

 

1.00

 

 South

276 (37.1)

270 (37.0)

176 (65.2)

 

1.67

1.23, 2.25

 Central

58 (7.8)

61 (8.4)

37 (60.7)

 

1.33

0.80, 2.21

 East

280 (37.6)

261 (35.7)

170 (65.1)

 

1.66

1.19, 2.31

Place of residence

   

1.000

  

 Non-camp

665 (89.4)

702 (96.2)

439 (62.5)

 

1.00

 

 Camp

79 (10.6)

28 (3.8)

18 (64.3)

 

1.03

0.68, 1.57

Household size, person

   

0.621

  

 < 6

253 (34.0)

247 (33.8)

149 (60.3)

 

1.00

 

 6–9

332 (44.6)

325 (44.6)

209 (64.3)

 

1.19

0.87, 1.62

 ≥ 10

159 (21.4)

158 (21.6)

98 (62.4)

 

1.09

0.74, 1.62

Husband has other wives

   

0.289

  

 No

698 (93.8)

688 (94.2)

426 (62.0)

 

1.00

 

 Yes

46 (6.2)

42 (5.8)

30 (71.4)

 

1.55

0.75, 3.22

Mother’s age at the first birth, year

   

0.382

  

 < 18

217 (29.2)

218 (29.9)

143 (65.6)

 

1.26

0.88, 1.78

 18–19

203 (27.3)

198 (27.1)

126 (63.6)

 

1.17

0.82, 1.67

 ≥ 20

324 (43.5)

314 (43.0)

188 (59.9)

 

1.00

 

Mother’s age at birth of the child, year

   

0.761

  

 < 20

197 (26.5)

200 (27.5)

122 (61.0)

 

0.89

0.64, 1.23

 20–29

408 (54.8)

400 (54.8)

255 (63.8)

 

1.00

 

 ≥ 30

139 (18.7)

130 (17.8)

79 (61.2)

 

0.90

0.59, 1.36

Mother’s highest education level

   

0.203

  

 No education

82 (11.0)

80 (10.9)

42 (52.5)

 

1.00

 

 Primary

287 (38.6)

283 (38.7)

181 (64.2)

 

1.64

0.93, 2.88

 Secondary

316 (42.5)

310 (42.5)

194 (62.6)

 

1.53

0.91, 2.58

 Higher

59 (7.9)

57 (7.9)

39 (68.4)

 

2.01

0.96, 4.23

Mother’s literacy in Arabic

   

0.160

  

 Cannot read at all

138 (18.5)

135 (18.4)

78 (58.2)

 

1.00

 

 Able to read only parts of sentence

94 (12.6)

91 (12.5)

65 (70.7)

 

1.74

0.99, 3.06

 Able to read whole sentence

512 (68.8)

504 (69.0)

314 (62.3)

 

1.19

0.80, 1.78

Mother can read and write in Turkish

   

0.330

  

 No

659 (88.6)

647 (88.6)

401 (62.0)

 

1.00

 

 Yes

85 (11.4)

83 (11.4)

56 (67.5)

 

1.22

0.75, 2.00

Father’s highest education level

 No education

79 (10.6)

77 (10.5)

45 (58.4)

0.741

1.00

 

 Primary

295 (39.7)

293 (40.1)

188 (64.2)

 

1.30

0.80, 2.10

 Secondary

287 (38.6)

279 (38.2)

178 (63.8)

 

1.27

0.76, 2.15

 Higher

75 (10.1)

75 (10.3)

43 (57.3)

 

0.98

0.51, 1.89

 Not known

8 (1.1)

6 (0.8)

4 (66.7)

 

1.14

0.22, 6.01

Mother’s current working status

   

0.092

  

 No

709 (95.3)

697 (95.5)

441 (63.3)

 

1.00

 

 Yes

35 (4.7)

33 (4.5)

15 (46.9)

 

0.52

0.25, 1.11

Husband’s current working status, last week

   

0.746

  

 Yes

242 (32.5)

221 (30.3)

140 (63.3)

 

0.95

0.67, 1.35

 No

502 (67.5)

509 (69.7)

316 (62.1)

 

1.00

 

Household had at least one working person

 No

214 (28.8)

198 (27.1)

129 (65.2)

0.361

1.00

 

 Yes

530 (71.2)

532 (72.9)

327 (61.5)

 

0.85

0.62, 1.18

Household receiving donations

 No

329 (44.2)

332 (45.5)

207 (62.3)

0.897

1.00

 

 Yes

415 (55.8)

398 (54.5)

250 (62.8)

 

1.02

0.78, 1.32

Financial satisfaction with the household income

   

0.075

  

 Dissatisfied: < 5

557 (74.9)

549 (75.2)

353 (64.3)

 

1.00

 

 Satisfied: ≥ 5

187 (25.1)

181 (24.8)

103 (56.9)

 

0.74

0.52, 1.04

Smoking mother

   

0.499

  

 No

700 (94.1)

687 (94.1)

428(62.3)

 

1.00

 

 Yes

44 (5.9)

43 (5.9)

29(67.4)

 

1.24

0.70, 2.21

Anyone smokes at home

   

0.248

  

 No

290 (39.0)

278 (38.1)

181 (65.1)

 

1.00

 

 Yes

454 (61.0)

452 (61.9)

275 (60.8)

 

0.83

0.59, 1.17

  1. Abbreviations: CI Confidence interval, OR Odds ratio
  2. aColumn percentage
  3. bweighted row percentage
  4. cChi-square test
  5. dUnivariate binary complex sample logistic regression analysis