Table 4.
Determinants of breastfeeding duration (probability of risk occurrence after Cox's PH regression)
| Variable | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital delivery | 0.111* | 0.0949 | 0.0828 |
| (0.0521) | (0.110) | (0.180) | |
| Professional antenatal care | −0.0737 | −0.0388 | −0.0633 |
| (0.520) | (0.747) | (0.606) | |
| Location: Rural | −0.179** | −0.177* | −0.234** |
| (0.0389) | (0.0749) | (0.0121) | |
| Region: East | −0.175** | −0.180** | −0.148* |
| (0.0248) | (0.0268) | (0.0739) | |
| North | −0.718*** | −0.785*** | −0.708*** |
| (0) | (0) | (0) | |
| West | −0.350*** | −0.349*** | −0.342*** |
| (1.12e-05) | (3.55e-05) | (6.48e-05) | |
| Married | −0.189*** | −0.182*** | −0.254*** |
| (0.00465) | (0.00878) | (0.000530) | |
| Child's gender: Male | 0.159*** | 0.131** | 0.116** |
| (0.00159) | (0.0130) | (0.0324) | |
| Child's age: 3-5 months | −0.119** | −0.144** | −0.105* |
| (0.0307) | (0.0131) | (0.0743) | |
| Wealth quintile: Poor | 0.0881 | 0.0918 | 0.0893 |
| (0.295) | (0.281) | (0.320) | |
| Middle | 0.0221 | 0.0143 | −0.00642 |
| (0.809) | (0.878) | (0.947) | |
| Rich | 0.169* | 0.113 | 0.176* |
| (0.0711) | (0.239) | (0.0766) | |
| Richest | 0.222** | 0.119 | 0.265** |
| (0.0460) | (0.298) | (0.0264) | |
| Partner's education: Primary | 0.167** | 0.177** | |
| (0.0388) | (0.0383) | ||
| Secondary | 0.167* | 0.159 | |
| (0.0742) | (0.113) | ||
| Post-secondary | −0.0594 | −0.0392 | |
| (0.647) | (0.779) | ||
| Mothers education: Primary | −0.00367 | −0.00265 | |
| (0.958) | (0.971) | ||
| Secondary | 0.0164 | −0.0280 | |
| (0.875) | (0.806) | ||
| Post-secondary | 0.318* | 0.209 | |
| (0.0764) | (0.313) | ||
| Mother's occupation: Agriculture | −0.166* | ||
| (0.0670) | |||
| Services | 0.174 | ||
| (0.192) | |||
| Blue collar job | −0.200* | ||
| (0.0997) | |||
| Birth interval: Less than 24 months | 0.191*** | ||
| (0.00140) | |||
| Observations | 4,061 | 3,719 | 3,513 |
Robust p values in parentheses;
***p<0.01;
**p<0.05;
*p<0.1;
In all the three models, we controlled for religion. In Model 3, we controlled for occupation of the father. The results have not been displayed to save space because these are insignificant