Table 3.

Characteristics of last-born children under 2 years of age and children who received a prelacteal feed, by clinical factors, in twenty-two sub-Saharan African countries, 2010 to 2014

	Total*		PLF		Crude odds*
Characteristic	n	%	%†	P value‡	OR	95 % CI*	P value
No. of antenatal care visits
0	11 717	12·5	47·4	<0·001	2·91	2·79, 3·03	<0·001
1–3	33 286	35·6	27·4		1·06	1·03, 1·10	<0·001
≥4	48 538	51·9	28·2		Ref.		Ref.
Place of delivery
Home	35 782	37·9	43·2	<0·001	2·57	2·49, 2·65	<0·001
Health facility	58 627	62·1	21·9		Ref.		Ref.
Mode of delivery
Spontaneous vaginal delivery	91 196	95·8	32·4	<0·001	Ref.		Ref.
Caesarean section	3972	4·2	29·1		1·05	0·98, 1·13	0·199
Birth status
Single birth	93 644	98·2	32·1	<0·001	Ref.		Ref.
Multiple birth	1704	1·8	39·1		1·18	1·06, 1·31	0·003

PLF, prelacteal feeding; Ref., reference category.

^*Unweighted.

^†Based on pooled sample weights, derived from women’s individual weights and population size of women aged 15–49 years in the respective countries.

^‡ P value was based on Pearson’s χ ².