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Table 4 Determinants of exclusive breastfeeding within the first six months in 2008 and 2018 in Jilin Province, China

From: Breastfeeding practices in Northeast China in 2008 and 2018: cross-sectional surveys to explore determinants over a decade

 

2018

 

2008

No. (%) breastfed exclusively within six months

Crude OR

(95% CI)

Adjusted OR

 (95% CI)

 

No. (%) breastfed exclusively within six months

Crude OR

(95% CI)

Adjusted OR

 (95% CI)

Health services’ characteristics

      

Antenatal visits

      

 0–4

40 (60.61)

1

1

 

4 (36.36)

1

1

 5–8

86 (50.89)

0.67 (0.38, 1.20)

0.70 (0.38, 1.29)

 

8 (27.59)

0.67 (0.15, 2.91)

0.88 (0.05, 15.53)

 9-

85 (40.87)

0.45 (0.26, 0.79)

0.55 (0.29, 1.03)

 

2 (28.57)

0.70 (0.09, 5.43)

8.51 (0.03, 29.41)

Mode of delivery

       

 Vaginal

111 (54.68)

1

1

 

3 (25.00)

1

1

 Caesarean section

100 (41.67)

0.59 (0.41, 0.86)

0.65 (0.43, 0.98)

 

11 (31.43)

1.38 (0.31, 6.09)

0.96 (0.03, 29.04)

Place of delivery

       

 County- or higher-level hospital

161 (47.63)

1

1

 

9 (45.00)

1

1

 Maternal and Child Health Hospital

30 (44.78)

0.89 (0.53, 1.51)

0.78 (0.44, 1.40)

 

3 (16.67)

0.24 (0.05, 1.12)

0.13 (0.00, 4.93)

 Primary hospital / private hospital / home, clinic or other

20 (52.63)

1.22 (0.62, 2.39)

1.31 (0.64, 2.68)

 

2 (33.33)

0.61 (0.09, 4.14)

0.26 (0.01, 10.93)

Early initiation of breastfeeding

      

 No

131 (40.81)

1

1

 

11 (30.56)

1

1

 Yes

80 (65.57)

2.76 (1.79, 4.27)

2.65 (1.65, 4.26)

 

3 (27.27)

0.85 (0.19, 3.84)

1.07 (0.05, 21.70)

Postpartum visits

       

 0-

53 (51.46)

1

1

 

8 (36.36)

1

1

 1–2

102 (45.13)

0.78 (0.49, 1.24)

0.87 (0.53, 1.45)

 

4 (30.77)

0.78 (0.18, 3.36)

0.38 (0.01, 13.18)

 3-

56 (49.12)

0.91 (0.53, 1.55)

0.84 (0.47, 1.53)

 

2 (16.67)

0.35 (0.06, 2.01)

0.19 (0.01 ,7.07)

Mothers’ characteristics

       

Region

       

 Rural

91 (42.13)

1

1

 

4(25.00)

1

1

 Urban

120 (52.86)

1.54 (1.06, 2.24)

1.04 (0.62, 1.75)

 

10 (32.26)

1.43 (0.37, 5.56)

1.01 (0.00, 210.63)

Maternal education

       

 Junior school or below

119 (52.19)

1

1

 

11 (31.43)

1

1

 Senior high school

34 (43.04)

0.69 (0.41, 1.16)

0.89 (0.50, 1.58)

 

2 (25.00)

0.73 (0.13, 4.19)

0.32 (0.00, 64.41)

 Bachelor degree or above

58 (42.65)

0.68 (0.44, 1.04)

0.84 (0.48, 1.47)

 

1 (25.00)

0.73 (0.07, 7.80)

0.24 (0.00, 110.48)

  1. Abbreviations: CI Confidence Interval, OR Odds Ratio
  2. Variables controlled in the regression models as covariates: maternal age, ethnicity, occupation, household wealth, self-reported health, parity, child’s sex and birth weight