Table 2.

Risk factors for a child being exclusively breastfed - unadjusted and adjusted Odds Ratio (OR), Nigeria 2003

Characteristic	EBF
	Unadjusted odds ratios		Adjusted 0dds ratios (AOR)
	OR (95% CI)	p	AOR (95% CI)	p
Antenatal Clinic visits
None	1.00		1.00
1-3.	5.02 (1.55 - 16.28)	0.007	2.62 (0.83 - 8.31)	0.102
4+	4.33 (1.71 - 10.9)	0.002	2.70 (1.04 - 7.01)	0.040
Wealth Index
Poor	1.00		1.00
Middle	3.31 (1.41 - 7.81)	0.006	2.45 (1.06 - 5.68)	0.036
Rich	1.89 (0.48 - 7.43)	0.360	1.15 (0.28 - 6.69)	0.841
Geopolitical region
North Central	1.00		1.00
North East	0.19 (0.07 - 0.54)	0.002	0.19 (0.06 - 0.59)	0.004
North West	0.12 (0.04 - 0.36)	<0.001	0.16 (0.06 - 0.49)	0.001
South East	0.28 (0.05 - 1.42)	0.124	0.20 (0.03 - 1.22)	0.082
South South	0.48 (0.13 - 1.80)	0.273	0.47 (0.11 - 1.95)	0.299
South West	0.39 (0.08 - 2.04)	0.266	0.32 (0.06 - 1.83)	0.200
Child's age
Age of child (months)	0.64 (0.53 - 0.77)	<0.001	0.65 (0.51 - 0.82)	<0.001
Sex of baby
Male	1.00		1.00
Female	1.99 (0.98 - 4.03)	0.057	2.13 (1.03 - 4.39)	0.041

Note: Independent variables adjusted for are: maternal working status; maternal education; partner's education; mother's age; marital status; birth order; preceding birth interval; sex of baby; child's age in month; place of delivery; mode of delivery; type of delivery assistance; timing of postnatal check-up; mother's Body mass index (BMI); size of baby; mothers literacy; wealth Index; decisions women have final say, residence and geopolitical region