Table 4.
Exclusive breast-feeding practices among mothers of children aged less than six months of age, by selected socio demographic and health service related variables; Halaba Special woreda, SNNPR Ethiopia, 2014
| Exclusive breastfeeding practices (n = 420) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Yes | No | Crude OR (CI) | Adjusted OR (CI) |
| Number (%) | Number (%) | |||
| Age of mother in years | ||||
| 15–19 | 5(71.4) | 2(28.6) | 1.0(0.17–6.5) | |
| 20–24 | 51(69.9) | 22(30.1) | 1.2(0.46–2.8) | |
| 25–29 | 121(73.8) | 43(26.2) | 0.95(0.4–2.2) | |
| 30–34 | 95(66.4) | 48(33.6) | 0.74(0.29–1.84) | |
| ≥35 | 24(72.7) | 9(27.3) | 1.00 | |
| Age of child in months | ||||
| 0–1 Months | 43(78.2) | 12(21.8) | 0.65(0.33–1.28) | |
| 2–3 Months | 78(71.6) | 31(28.4) | 1.66(0.79–3.52) | |
| 4–5 Months | 175(68.4) | 81(31.6) | 1.00 | |
| Sex of child | ||||
| Male | 145(70.7) | 60(29.3) | 0.98(0.64–1.49) | |
| Female | 151(70.2) | 64(29.8) | 1.00 | |
| Attended formal school | ||||
| Yes | 87(82.1) | 19(17.9) | 2.3(1.29.4.14)* | 6.3(1.3–30.9)* |
| No | 209(66.6) | 105(33.4) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 294(71) | 120(29) | 4.9(0.88–27.1) | |
| Other than Married | 2(33.3) | 4(66.7) | 1.00 | |
| Occupation | ||||
| House wife | 287(70.9) | 118(29.1) | 1.62(0.56–4.65) | 9.9(1.01–98.6)* |
| Worker, other | 9(60) | 6(40) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Average monthly income | ||||
| 0–100 Birr | 28(63.6) | 16(36.4) | 0.37(0.2–0.8)* | |
| 101–500 Birr | 176(78.2) | 49(21.8) | 0.18(0.1–0.3)* | 3.6(1.9–6.8)* |
| 500 ≥ Birr | 62(82.7) | 13(17.3) | 0.14(0.06–0.3)* | 4.8(2.0–11.5)* |
| Don’t know | 29(39.2) | 45(60.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ANC follow-up | ||||
| Yes | 258(74.6) | 88(25.4) | 2.7(1.6–4.5)* | 1.9(1.05–3.6)* |
| No, Don’t know | 38(51.4) | 36(48.6) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| PNC Follow-up | ||||
| Yes | 98(79.8) | 25(20.2) | 1.97(1.19–3.25) | 2.2(1.25–3.87)* |
| No, Don’t know | 197(66.5) | 99(33.5) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Advised about EBF during ANC, Delivery &PNC | ||||
| Yes | 166(90.2) | 18(9.8) | 6.9(1.12–40.99)* | 1.9(1.1–3.4)* |
| No | 126(55) | 103(45) | 1.09(0.24–4.98) | |
| Don’t Know | 4(57) | 3(43) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Place of birth | ||||
| Health facilities | 66(75) | 22(25) | 1.33(0.78–2.27) | |
| Home | 230(69.3) | 102(30.7) | 1.00 | |
| Initiation of breast-feeding | ||||
| Immediately/within 1 h | 149(72.3) | 57(27.7) | 1.19(0.77–1.85) | 3.8(2.4–6.1)* |
| After 1 h | 147(68.7) | 67(31.3) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Frequency of breast-feeding (n = 418) | ||||
| ≥8 times per day | 69(63.3) | 40(36.7) | 0.64(0.4–1.05) | |
| <8 times per day | 225(72.8) | 84(27.2) | 1.00 | |
| Awareness about EBF | ||||
| Yes | 287(74) | 101(26) | 7.3(3.08–17.6))* | 8.2(3.34–20)* |
| No | 9(28.1) | 23(71.9) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Pre-lacteal feeding | ||||
| Nothing | 251(71.7) | 99(28.3) | 1.4(0.82–2.42) | |
| Other than breast milk | 45(64.3) | 25(35.7) | 1.00 | |
| Total | 296(70.5) | 124(29.5) | ||
*It describe the significant association in the crud and adjusted OR