Table 3.
Crude and multivariable logistic regression for the early initiation of BF in Vietnam, 2006 and 2011 (N=2,238)
| Crude | Adjusted | ||||
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| Factor | Proportion | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI |
| Year | |||||
| 2006 | 59.9 | Ref | Ref | ||
| 2011 | 39.7 | ***0.44 | (0.37–0.52) | ***0.42 | (0.35–0.51) |
| Mother's age | – | 1.00 | (0.98–1.01) | ||
| Ethnicity of mother | |||||
| Non-Kinh | 60.6 | Ref | |||
| Kinh | 44.4 | **0.68 | (0.51–0.91) | ||
| Area | |||||
| Urban | 52.8 | Ref | |||
| Rural | 39.1 | 0.81 | (0.65–1.02) | ||
| Wealth index | |||||
| Richest | 42.0 | Ref | |||
| Fourth | 42.2 | 0.92 | (0.69–1.23) | ||
| Middle | 47.0 | 1.05 | (0.77–1.44) | ||
| Second | 48.4 | **1.08 | (0.77–1.51) | ||
| Poorest | 59.2 | 1.39 | (0.95–2.03) | ||
| Education of mother | |||||
| Tertiary | 44.6 | Ref | |||
| Upper secondary | 43.3 | 0.85 | (0.63–1.14) | ||
| Lower secondary | 50.7 | 0.85 | (0.65–1.12) | ||
| Primary | 47.4 | 0.60 | (0.43–0.84) | ||
| No education | 56.7 | 0.86 | (0.50–1.47) | ||
| Marital status | |||||
| Living with spouse | 48.4 | Ref | |||
| Widowed/divorced/separated | 58.6 | 1.62 | (0.71–3.70) | ||
| Never married | 35.0 | 0.43 | (0.16–1.15) | ||
| Size of child at birth | |||||
| Smaller than average | 50.2 | Ref | |||
| Average | 49.0 | 0.95 | (0.74–1.24) | ||
| Larger than average | 42.4 | *0.68 | (0.47–0.96) | ||
| Place of delivery | |||||
| At home | 61.9 | Ref | |||
| Government hospital | 42.1 | 0.74 | (0.53–1.04) | ||
| Other public health facility | 58.6 | 1.09 | (0.77–1.54) | ||
| Private health sector | 42.9 | 0.83 | (0.50–1.37) | ||
*
p<0.05
**
p<0.01
***
p<0.001. OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.