Table 3 Univariate and multivariate logistic regression of average knowledge and knowledge gap on exclusive breastfeeding
Dependent variable: EBF | Model I: Univariate regression | Model II: Multivariate regression | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
OR (95% CI) | P-value | AOR (95% CI) | P-value | |
Health and nutrition knowledge | ||||
Average knowledge | 1.68 (1.26, 2.24) | < 0.001 | 1.98 (1.40, 2.80) | < 0.001 |
Knowledge gap | 1.16 (0.95, 1.43) | 0.135 | 1.11 (0.88, 1.39) | 0.383 |
Infant and family characteristics | ||||
Infants’ age (months) | 0.85 (0.72, 1.00) | 0.055 | 0.81 (0.66, 0.98) | 0.033 |
Number of siblings | 1.04 (0.65, 1.69) | 0.858 | 1.51 (0.79, 2.88) | 0.213 |
Low family income | 0.43 (0.19, 0.98) | 0.044 | 0.42 (0.17, 1.07) | 0.070 |
High family income | 1.17 (0.59, 2.30) | 0.655 | 0.91 (0.39, 2.08) | 0.817 |
Mothers’ characteristics | ||||
Mothers’ age | 0.94 (0.87, 1.00) | 0.066 | 0.95 (0.86, 1.05) | 0.282 |
Education (senior high school and above) | 1.02 (0.56, 1.86) | 0.949 | 0.73 (0.35, 1.51) | 0.393 |
Primary family caregivers’ characteristics | ||||
Primary family caregivers’ age | 1.02 (0.99, 1.04) | 0.190 | 1.03 (0.98, 1.08) | 0.220 |
Education (junior high school and above) | 0.83 (0.45, 1.51) | 0.537 | 0.90 (0.42, 1.91) | 0.778 |
Relationship to infant (Father as ref) | ||||
Paternal grandparents | 1.77 (0.86, 3.62) | 0.120 | 1.19 (0.34, 4.20) | 0.787 |
Maternal grandparents | 2.26 (0.86, 5.93) | 0.097 | 1.47 (0.35, 6.20) | 0.599 |
Multivariate logistic regression include county fixed effect | ||||