Table 1 Demographic details, and birthweight and mode of delivery of the mothers from the rural areas of Jaffna District who practiced EBF and the mean duration of EBF
Variable | Total (n = 338) | EBF (n = 208) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | % | No#. (Yes / Total) | %¥ | p-value | Mean Duration (Months) | p-value | Crude OR (95% CI) | p-value | AOR | p-value | |
Sex | |||||||||||
 Male | 167 | 49.4 | 69 / 102 | 67.6 | 0.288 | 5.13 (± 1.45) | 0.390 | 0.72 (0.39–1.31) | 0.288 | - | - |
 Female | 171 | 50.6 | 79 / 106 | 74.5 | 5.30 (± 1.47) | 1 | |||||
Type of family | |||||||||||
 Nuclear family | 197 | 58.3 | 84 / 122 | 68.9 | 0.438 | 5.23 (1.38) | 0.390 | 1.32 (0.71–2.44) | 0.438 | - | - |
 Extended family | 141 | 41.7 | 64 / 86 | 74.4 | 5.20 (1.57) | 1 | |||||
Religion | |||||||||||
 Hindu | 288 | 85.2 | 126 / 179 | 70.4 | 0.661 | 5.22 (1.44) | 0.862 | 1.32 (0.53–3.28) | 0.661 | - | - |
 Christian | 50 | 14.8 | 22 / 29 | 75.9 | 5.17 (1.58) | 1 | |||||
Birth weighta | |||||||||||
 NBW | 283 | 83.7 | 134 / 176 | 76.1 | 0.000 | 5.39 (1.3) | 0.000 | 1 | 0.000 | 1 | 0.006 |
 LBW | 55 | 16.3 | 14 / 32 | 43.8 | 4.28 (1.91) | 4.1 (1.88–8.95) | 3.70 (1.46–9.40) | ||||
Mode of delivery | |||||||||||
 Cesarean | 41 | 12.1 | 16 / 27 | 51.6 | 0.017 | 4.48 (2.00) | 0.002 | 2.75 (1.26–6.01) | 0.017 | 3.04 (1.24–7.43) | 0.015 |
 Vaginal | 297 | 87.9 | 132 / 181 | 74.6 | 5.34 (1.31) | 1 | 1 | ||||
Number of children | |||||||||||
 1 | 50 | 14.8 | 26 / 33 | 78.8 | 0.632 | 5.24 (± 1.75) | 0.973 | 1 | 0.632 | - | - |
 2 | 115 | 34.0 | 46 / 69 | 66.7 | 5.16 (± 1.39) | 1.86(0.7–4.91) | |||||
 3 | 122 | 36.1 | 53 / 73 | 72.6 | 5.22 (± 1.5) | 1.4(0.53–3.74) | |||||
  ≤ 4 | 51 | 15.1 | 23 / 33 | 15.5 | 5.30 (± 1.46) | 1.61(0.53–4.93) | |||||