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Table 2 Maternal activities and association with current breastfeeding status of the lastborn 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 d

ORe

95% CI

Do any exercise

 No

658 (88.4)

642 (87.9)

399 (62.1)

0.494

1.00

 

 Yes

86 (11.6)

88 (12.1)

58 (65.9)

 

1.16

0.65, 2.07

Organise home meetings

   

0.421

  

 No

377 (50.7)

379 (51.9)

242 (63.9)

 

1.00

 

 Yes

367 (49.3)

351 (48.1)

214 (61.0)

 

0.89

0.64, 1.25

Use internet

   

0.903

  

 No

295 (39.7)

283 (38.8)

176 (62.2)

 

1.00

 

 Yes

449 (60.3)

447 (61.2)

280 (62.6)

 

1.01

0.75, 1.38

Watch women’s programs on television

   

0.256

  

 No

532 (71.5)

523 (71.6)

320 (61.2)

 

1.00

 

 Yes

212 (28.5)

207 (28.4)

136 (65.7)

 

1.21

0.88, 1.67

Mother’s life satisfaction

   

0.197

  

 Dissatisfied: < 5

259 (34.8)

253 (34.7)

150 (59.3)

 

1.00

 

 Satisfied: ≥ 5

485 (65.2)

477 (65.3)

306 (64.2)

 

1.23

0.86, 1.77

Mother’s BMI c , kg / m 2

   

0.296

  

 < 25

330 (44.4)

319 (43.7)

209 (65.5)

 

1.00

 

 25–29

228 (30.6)

227 (31.2)

134 (59.0)

 

0.75

0.52, 1.10

 ≥ 30

174 (23.4)

173 (23.7)

107 (61.8)

 

0.86

0.59, 1.22

  1. Abbreviations: CI Confidence interval, BMI Body mass index, OR Odds ratio
  2. aColumn percentage
  3. bweighted row percentage
  4. cmissing data: 12
  5. dChi-square test
  6. eunivariate binary complex sample logistic regression analysis