Table 2.

Likelihood of exclusive breastfeeding among 3,141 infants aged 0–5 months

Characteristics	**COR (95%CI)	P-value	**AOR (95%CI)	P-value
Mother’s age (years)
15–29	Reference		Reference
30–39	0.96 (0.82–1.13)	0.65	0.98 (0.82–1.17)	0.80
40–49	0.92 (0.67–1.25)	0.22	0.90 (0.65–1.24)	0.51
Mother’s education
No formal education	Reference		Reference
Primary	0.90 (0.69–1.16)	0.41	0.97 (0.74–1.27)	0.83
Secondary/higher	1.16 (0.91–1.48)	0.23	1.35 (1.04–1.76)	0.03
Residential area
Urban	Reference		Reference
Rural	1.32 (1.08–1.63)	0.01	1.23 (0.97–1.56)	0.09
Infant sex
Male	Reference		Reference
Female	0.83 (0.71–0.96)	0.01	0.83 (0.72–0.97)	0.02
Number of children born
One child	Reference		Reference
2 or more children	1.03 (0.85–1.26)	0.17	1.03 (0.83–1.27)	0.78
*Timely breastfeeding
No	Reference		Reference
Yes	1.24 (1.07–1.44)	0.005	1.25 (1.07–1.46)	0.004
Antenatal care (ANC) utilization
No	Reference		Reference
Yes	0.82 (0.69–0.97)	0.02	0.87 (0.72–1.05)	0.15
Postnatal care (PNC) for newborn
No	Reference		Reference
Yes	0.84 (0.72–0.98)	0.03	0.88 (0.73–1.06)	0.19
Place of delivery
Home	Reference		Reference
Health facility/ hospital	0.57 (0.48–0.69)	< 0.001	0.98 (0.78–1.24)	0.87
Wealth status
Lowest quintile	Reference		Reference
Second	0.96 (0.77–1.21)	0.74	0.98 (0.78–1.24)	0.88
Middle	1.02 (0.81–1.28)	0.87	1.07 (0.85–1.36)	0.55
Fourth	0.75 (0.59–0.95)	0.02	0.83 (0.64–1.07)	0.15
Highest quintile	0.75 (0.58–0.98)	0.04	0.88 (0.64–1.20)	0.42
Access to TV
No	Reference		Reference
Yes	1.00 (0.66–1.55)	0.18	1.12 (0.73–1.74)	0.60
Access to radio
No	Reference		Reference
Yes	0.88 (0.75–1.04)	0.11	1.03 (0.84–1.26)	0.77
Access to mobile phones
No	Reference		Reference
Yes	0.84 (0.72–0.98)	0.03	0.90 (0.76–1.07)	0.23

*Timely breastfeeding refers to the initiation of breastfeeding within one hour of birth

**COR and AOR refer to Crude and adjusted odds ratios, respectively

Significant values are in bold