Table 1.
Individual, household, community level characteristics and rates (%) of initiation of breastfeeding within one hour of child birth, Nigeria 2013 (N = 11851)
| Characteristics | Total | Initiation of breastfeeding within 1 h of birth | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Na | %b | n c | %d | 95 % CI | p valuee | |
| Individual level factors | ||||||
| Mother’s age at birth | ||||||
| <=19 | 1661 | 14.0 | 526 | 30.3 | (28.2–32.5) | <0.001 |
| 20–24 | 2953 | 24.9 | 1002 | 34.0 | (32.3–35.7) | |
| 25–29 | 3237 | 27.3 | 1190 | 36.3 | (34.6–36.9) | |
| 30–34 | 2119 | 17.9 | 772 | 36.8 | (34.7–38.8) | |
| > = 35 | 1881 | 15.9 | 649 | 35.1 | (32.9–37.2) | |
| Mothers education | ||||||
| No education | 5379 | 45.4 | 1702 | 30.0 | (28.8–31.2) | <0.001 |
| Primary | 2290 | 19.3 | 789 | 36.8 | (34.8–38.9) | |
| Secondary and above | 4182 | 35.3 | 1647 | 40.2 | (38.7–41.7) | |
| Birth order | ||||||
| 1st | 2331 | 19.7 | 774 | 32.5 | (30.6–34.4) | 0.013 |
| 2nd–3rd | 3807 | 32.1 | 1392 | 36.2 | (34.7–37.7) | |
| 4th and above | 5713 | 48.2 | 1972 | 34.7 | (33.5–35.9) | |
| ANC visit (n = 11553) | ||||||
| 0 | 3837 | 33.2 | 1083 | 27.6 | (26.1–28.9) | <0.001 |
| 1–3 | 1573 | 13.6 | 580 | 36.8 | (34.4–39.1) | |
| 4+ | 6143 | 53.2 | 2343 | 38.3 | (37.1–39.6) | |
| Place of delivery (n = 11846) | ||||||
| Home | 7339 | 62.0 | 2266 | 30.4 | (29.4–31.5) | <0.001 |
| Health facility | 4507 | 38.0 | 1872 | 42.0 | (40.5–43.4) | |
| Mode of delivery (n = 11771) | ||||||
| Vaginal delivery | 11508 | 97.8 | 4057 | 35.1 | (34.2–35.9) | <0.001 |
| Caesarean section | 263 | 2.2 | 56 | 22.4 | (17.1–27.4) | |
| Sex of child | ||||||
| Male | 6021 | 50.8 | 2076 | 34.7 | (33.5–36.0) | 0.985 |
| Female | 5830 | 49.2 | 2062 | 34.8 | (33.5–36.0) | |
| Size of child at birth (n = 11791) | ||||||
| Small | 1811 | 15.4 | 536 | 29.5 | (27.4–31.6) | <0.001 |
| Average | 4776 | 40.5 | 1608 | 33.3 | (32.0–34.7) | |
| Large | 5204 | 44.1 | 1977 | 37.9 | (27.4–31.6) | |
| Birth type | ||||||
| Singleton | 11654 | 98.3 | 4081 | 34.9 | (34.0–35.7) | 0.046 |
| Twin/mutiple | 197 | 1.7 | 57 | 27.9 | (21.8–34.1) | |
| Mothers occupation (n = 11789) | ||||||
| Not working | 3704 | 31.4 | 1368 | 36.6 | (35.0–38.1) | <0.001 |
| Agricultural | 1341 | 11.4 | 461 | 37.6 | (34.9–40.3) | |
| Sales and others | 6744 | 57.2 | 2295 | 33.3 | (32.2–34.4) | |
| Household level factors | ||||||
| Wealth Index | ||||||
| Poorest | 2618 | 22.1 | 646 | 23.4 | (21.8–25.0) | <0.001 |
| Poorer | 2754 | 23.2 | 849 | 31.3 | (29.5–33.0) | |
| Middle | 2368 | 20.0 | 854 | 37.9 | (35.9–39.9) | |
| Richer | 2207 | 18.6 | 932 | 43.5 | (41.4–45.6) | |
| Richest | 1904 | 16.1 | 858 | 41.9 | (39.8–44.1) | |
| Community level factors | ||||||
| Type of place of residence | ||||||
| Urban | 3908 | 33.0 | 1766 | 41.9 | (40.4–43.4) | <0.001 |
| Rural | 7943 | 67.0 | 2372 | 30.8 | (29.8–31.8) | |
| Zone | ||||||
| North Central | 1739 | 14.7 | 790 | 48.3 | (45.8–50.7) | <0.001 |
| North East | 2420 | 20.4 | 816 | 39.9 | (37.8–42.1) | |
| North West | 3699 | 31.2 | 1171 | 26.9 | (25.6–28.2) | |
| South East | 1076 | 9.1 | 374 | 34.5 | (31.7–37.4) | |
| South South | 1431 | 12.1 | 506 | 45.1 | (42.2–48.0) | |
| South West | 1486 | 12.5 | 480 | 28.7 | (26.5–30.8) | |
| Overall | 11851 | 100.0 | 4138 | 34.7 | (33.9–35.6) | |
aUnweighted case numbers (the numbers and percentages reported are unweighted to facilitate reading as weighted count (frequency) will be in decimal points generated by the software). bUnweighted column %, cWeighted case numbers, d Weighted row %. eChi square test was applied to test statistical significance