Table 4.
Predictor of exclusive breast-feeding to 6 months among children under 36 months old in rural western China, 2005: result from logistic regression*
| 95 % CI for OR | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | Lower | Upper | P value | ||
| Ethnic group | Han | 1 | – | – | – |
| Uygur | 0·062 | 0·032 | 0·121 | <0·001 | |
| Tibetan | 0·323 | 0·220 | 0·475 | <0·001 | |
| Zhuang | 1·291 | 1·006 | 1·657 | 0·045 | |
*
Nine factors were adjusted for in logistic regression (household wealth index, child’s gender, child’s birth order, mother’s education level, maternal age at the child’s birth, hospital delivery status, number of postpartum visits, cooking for the child alone and whether the mother was given informational breast-feeding materials).