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Table 3 Antenatal and postnatal characteristics of last-born child 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 d

ORe

95% CI

Migration date to Turkey according to birth of the child

   

 < 0.001

  

 Within 23 months before the birth or after birth

128 (17.2)

134 (18.4)

70 (52.2)

 

1.00

 

 2–3 years before birth

226 (30.4)

229 (31.4)

130 (56.8)

 

1.20

0.74, 1.94

 4–5 years before birth

314 (42.2)

304 (41.6)

206 (67.8)

 

1.93

1.26, 2.95

 6–10 years before birth

76 (10.2)

63 (8.6)

51 (81.0)

 

3.93

2.02, 7.63

Birth country of child

   

 < 0.001

  

 Turkey

708 (95.2)

692 (94.8)

444 (64.2)

 

3.59

1.52, 8.49

 Syria

36 (4.8)

38 (5.2)

13 (34.2)

 

1.00

 

Birth order of the child

   

0.264

  

 1

189 (25.4)

191 (26.2)

112 (58.6)

 

1.00

 

 2–3

345 (46.4)

343 (47.0)

214 (62.4)

 

1.18

0.76, 1.82

 ≥ 4

210 (28.2)

196 (26.8)

130 (66.7)

 

1.42

0.86, 2.34

Mother’s desire for child when pregnant

   

0.847

  

 Soon

626 (84.1)

614 (84.1)

384 (62.5)

 

1.00

 

 Later

42 (5.7)

42 (5.8)

25 (59.5)

 

0.87

0.44, 1.70

 Does not want

76 (10.2)

74 (10.1)

48 (64.9)

 

1.15

0.67, 1.97

Preceding birth interval, months

   

0.028

  

 First birth

189 (25.4)

191 (26.2)

112 (58.6)

 

0.69

0.43, 1.12

 < 18

123 (16.5)

122 (16.7)

65 (53.3)

 

0.56

0.35, 0.89

 18–35

259 (34.8)

250 (34.2)

167 (66.8)

 

1.00

0.67, 1.50

 ≥ 36

173 (23.3)

167 (22.9)

112 (67.1)

 

1.00

 

Antenatal care attendance, number

   

0.146

  

 < 4

250 (33.6)

251 (34.4)

163 (64.9)

 

1.00

 

 4–7

276 (37.1)

265 (36.3)

171 (64.5)

 

0.97

0.68, 1.39

 ≥ 8

218 (29.3)

214 (29.3)

122 (57.0)

 

0.71

0.51, 1.00

Gestational duration

   

0.756

  

 8 months

42 (5.6)

39 (5.3)

23 (59.0)

 

0.86

0.45, 1.63

 9 months

702 (94.4)

691 (94.7)

434 (62.8)

 

1.00

 

Place of delivery

   

0.001

  

 Home

21 (2.8)

22 (3.0)

10 (43.5)

 

0.39

0.16, 0.97

 Public sector

618 (83.1)

598 (82.0)

394 (65.9)

 

1.00

 

 Private sector

102 (13.7)

106 (14.5)

52 (49.1)

 

0.50

0.33, 0.76

 Missing

3 (0.4)

4 (0.5)

    

Cesarean delivery

   

0.208

  

 No

552 (74.2)

543 (74.4)

332 (61.1)

 

1.00

 

 Yes

192 (25.8)

187 (25.6)

124 (66.3)

 

1.24

0.90, 1.71

Birth weight d , g

   

0.363

  

 < 2500

104 (14.0)

102 (14.0)

59 (57.8)

 

0.72

0.46, 1.13

 2500–3999

481 (64.7)

475 (65.1)

310 (65.3)

 

1.00

 

 ≥ 4000

56 (7.5)

54 (7.3)

34 (63.0)

 

0.91

0.49, 1.69

Child age, months

   

 < 0.001

  

 < 6

229 (30.8)

226 (30.4)

205 (90.7)

 

1.00

 

 6–11

193 (25.9)

187 (25.1)

140 (74.9)

 

0.29

0.15, 0.56

 12–17

172 (23.1)

168 (22.6)

81 (48.2)

 

0.09

0.05, 0.16

 18–23

150 (20.2)

149 (20.0)

31 (20.8)

 

0.03

0.02, 0.05

Sex of child

   

0.366

  

 Male

411 (55.2)

402 (55.1)

257 (63.9)

 

1.00

 

 Female

333 (44.8)

328 (44.9)

199 (60.7)

 

0.87

0.65, 1.17

Initiation time of breastfeeding, hours

   

0.138

  

 < 1 (early initiation)

547 (73.5)

544 (74.5)

349 (64.2)

 

1.00

 

 ≥ 1

197 (26.5)

186 (25.5)

108 (23.6)

 

0.77

0.54, 1.08

Prelacteal feeding

   

0.009

  

 No

539 (72.4)

533 (73.1)

349 (65.4)

 

1.00

 

 Yes

205 (27.6)

196 (26.9)

108 (54.8)

 

0.65

0.46, 0.91

Bottle feeding

   

 < 0.001

  

 No

457 (61.4)

451 (61.8)

348 (77.2)

 

1.00

 

 Yes

287 (38.6)

279 (38.2)

108 (38.7)

 

0.19

0.13, 0.26

Postnatal infant care, within 2 months

   

0.391

  

 No

115 (15.5)

118 (16.1)

78 (66.1)

 

1.00

 

 Yes

629 (84.5)

612 (83.9)

379 (61.9)

 

0.84

0.55, 1.28

Currently pregnant

   

 < 0.001

  

 No or unsure

636 (85.5)

627 (85.9)

443 (70.7)

 

16.3

8.6, 31.1

 Yes

108 (14.5)

103 (14.1)

13 (12.6)

 

1.0

 

New pregnancy, trimester

   

 < 0.001

  

 0

636 (85.5)

626 (85.9)

443 (70.7)

   

 1

43 (5.8)

40 (5.5)

11 (27.5)

   

 2

27 (3.6)

26 (3.5)

2 (7.7)

   

 3

38 (5.1)

37 (5.1)

0 (0.0)

   

Currently breastfeeding

 No

278 (37.4)

273 (37.5)

    

 Yes

466 (62.6)

456 (62.5)

    
  1. Abbreviations: CI Confidence interval, EIBF Early initiation of breastfeeding, OR Odds ratio
  2. aColumn percentage
  3. bweighted row percentage
  4. cmissing data: 103
  5. dChi-square test
  6. eunivariate binary complex sample logistic regression analysis