TABLE 2.

PORs for the relation between formal and informal maternal employment and IYCF indicators¹

	POR (95% CI)
	Exclusive breastfeeding2	Minimum diet diversity2	Minimum meal frequency2
Formal employment3	0.91 (0.81, 1.03)	1.47 (1.35, 1.60)	1.18 (1.10, 1.26)
Informal employment3	1.05 (0.95, 1.16)	1.11 (1.03, 1.20)	1.15 (1.06, 1.24)

¹Random effects meta-analysis (using the metan command in Stata) was used to generate PORs. The POR represents the weighted average of these statistics across all countries. Models are adjusted for maternal education (less than primary school complete, primary school or higher complete), maternal age (years), marital status (married or living together compared to single, widowed, divorced), parity, morbidity (presence of diarrhea or fever in the last 2 wk), child age (months), within-country urban or rural status. IYCF, infant and young child feeding; POR, pooled odds ratio.

²Exclusive breastfeeding (n = 47,340 in 49 countries) was modeled as a binary variable, indicating whether infants aged 0–5 mo were fed exclusively with breast milk. Children (aged 6–23 mo) who achieved minimum diet diversity (n = 137,208 in 50 countries) were those who received foods from ≥4 of the following 7 food groups: grains, roots, and tubers; legumes and nuts; dairy products (milk, yogurt, cheese); flesh foods (meat, fish, poultry, and liver/organ meats); eggs; vitamin A–rich fruits and vegetables; and other fruits and vegetables. Breastfed and nonbreastfed children (aged 6–23 mo) who achieved minimum meal frequency (n = 137,208 in 50 countries) were those who received solid, semisolid, or soft foods the minimum number of times or more.

³Type of employment was based on 4 indicators: 1) employment during the last 12 mo (yes, no); 2) aggregate occupation category (skilled, unskilled); 3) type of earnings (cash only, cash and in-kind, in-kind only, unpaid); and 4) seasonality of employment (all year, seasonally, occasionally).