Table 5.

Binary logistic regression analysis of the demographic and obstetric history predictors of satisfactory EBF practice (n = 403).

Predictors	EBF Practice
	AOR (95% CI)	p
Occupational status
–Working	Ref
–Housewife	13.341 (2.249–39.249)	0.004 *
Education		0.028
–Read and write	Ref
–Secondary school	1.037 (0.964–1.116)	0.324
–University or postgraduate	3.218 (1.861–10.682)	0.008 *
Husband’s education		0.621
–Read and write	Ref
–Secondary school	0.958 (0.954–1.046)	0.652
–University or postgraduate	0.942 (0.964–1.133)	0.715
Monthly income		0.814
–Enough and can save	Ref
–Enough	0.928 (0.363–2.372)	0.775
–Not enough	1.114 (0.393–3.163)	0.839
Parity
- Primiprous	Ref
- Multiparous	3.716 (1.214–16.290)	0.027 *
Mode of delivery
-Vaginal delivery	Ref
-Cesarean section	0.239 (0.104–0.547)	0.001 *
Complications during last delivery
-Yes	Ref
-No	1.169 (0.484–2.823)	0.729
Duration of pregnancy
-Full-term	Ref
-Preterm	0.846 (0.780–0.898)	0.000 **
Age	1.267 (1.109–1.449)	0.001 *
Number of living children (mean ± SD)	4.317 (1.806–8.236)	0.000 **

AOR: Adjusted Odd Ratio. CI: Confidence Interval. * significant at p ˂ 0.05. ** significant at p ˂ 0.001.