Table 3.
Bivariate and multivariable cox proportional hazards model predicting the hazards of cessation of exclusive breastfeeding by socio-demographic characteristics of mothers of index infants in Ankesha Guagusa Woreda, Awi administrative zone, Northwest Ethiopia 2012
| Variables | Cessation of exclusive breastfeeding | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHR*(95% CI) | P | AHR†(95% CI) | P | |
| Age of the mother | ||||
| 15-20 | 1.504 (1.014-2.232) | 0.043 | 1.133 (0.478-2.684) | 0.777 |
| 21-25 | 1.059 (0.759-1.475) | 0.737 | 0.937 (0.555-1.584) | 0.809 |
| 26-30 | 1.036 (0.779-1.377) | 0.809 | 0.703 (0.444-1.111) | 0.131 |
| 31-35 | 0.918 (0.664-1.269) | 0.605 | 0.894 (0.573-1.396) | 0.623 |
| 36+ | 1 | 1 | ||
| Education of mother | ||||
| No education‡ | 1 | 1 | ||
| Primary§ | 1.108 (0.857-1.432) | 0.433 | 1.028 (0.627-1.686) | 0.914 |
| Secondary** | 1.623 (1.204-2.188) | 0.001 | 1.004 (0.513-1.967) | 0.990 |
| College and above†† | 2.340 (1.765-3.103) | 0.000 | 2.490 (0.920-6.739) | 0.073 |
| Education of partner | ||||
| No education | 1 | 1 | ||
| Primary | 0.938 (0.718-1.224) | 0.637 | 1.016 (0.642-1.609) | 0.945 |
| Secondary | 1.169 (0.831-1.643) | 0.370 | 0.903 (0.462-1.766) | 0.766 |
| College and above | 1.698 (1.327-2.172) | 0.000 | 1.646 (0.717-3.780) | 0.240 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Currently married | 1.106 (0.590-2.074) | 0.753 | -------- | ---- |
| Single | 1 | |||
| Occupation of the mother | ||||
| Housewife | 1 | 1 | ||
| Farmer | 0.771 (0.601-0.990) | 0.041 | 0.481 (0.138-1.679) | 0.251 |
| Merchant | 1.098 (0.739-1.631) | 0.642 | 0.914 (0.471-1.774) | 0.791 |
| Civil servant | 1.742 (1.268-2.395) | 0.001 | 0.813 (0.345-1.917) | 0.636 |
| Student | 1.516 (0.831-2.767) | 0.175 | 1.529 (0.592-3.944) | 0.380 |
| Others‡‡ | 2.182 (1.007-4.731) | 0.048 | 5.156 (1.018-26.117) | 0.048 |
| Occupation of the partner | ||||
| Farmer | 1 | |||
| Merchant | 1.392 (1.065-1.821) | 0.016 | 0.390 (0.093-1.641) | 0.199 |
| Civil servant | 1.718 (1.356-2.176) | 0.000 | 0.195 (0.043-0.893) | 0.035 |
| Student | 1.642 (0.407-6.620) | 0.485 | 1.328 (0.478-2.684) | 0.877 |
| Others§§ | 1.272 (0.791-2.046) | 0.321 | 0.412 (0.084-2.014) | 0.274 |
| Place of residence | ||||
| Rural | 1 | 1 | ||
| Urban | 1.559 (1.276-1.905) | 0.000 | 2.175 (1.054-4.489) | 0.036 |
| Wealth index | ||||
| Poorest | 0.863 (0.622-1.199) | 0.380 | 1.295 (0.559-3.001) | 0.546 |
| Poorer | 0.963 (0.699-1.327) | 0.817 | 1.180 (0.520-2.677) | 0.692 |
| Middle | 0.987 (0.725-1.344) | 0.934 | 0.972 (0.571-1.652) | 0.915 |
| Richer | 0.750 (0.549-1.025) | 0.071 | 0.751 (0.469-1.202) | 0.233 |
| Richest | 1 | 1 | ||
*Crude Hazard Ratio.
†Adjusted Hazard Ratio.
‡Those who did not attended formal education.
§Those who had completed grade 1-8.
**Those who had completed grade 9-12.
††Those who had attended colleges including technique.
‡‡Daily labour, potter and house servant.
§§Daily labour, carpenter, building worker, weaver, smith and metal worker.