Table 4.

Predictors of exclusive breastfeeding practices using recall since birth method among women with infants less than 1 year in Moshi urban, (N=363)

Variables	N	EBF up to 6month n(%)	OR 95%CI	AOR 95%CI
Age
14-24	169	35 (20.7)	1	-
25-34	161	43 (27.0)	1.4 (0.8, 2.3)
35-49	32	9 (28.1)	1.4 (0.6, 3.5)
Education
No formal education	6	3 (50.0)	1	-
Primary education	224	52 (23.4)	0.3 (0.1, 1.5)	-
Secondary and higher education	23	32 (24.2)	0.3 (0.1 , 1.6)	-
Marital status
Married/cohabiting	323	82 (25.4)	1	-
Single/separated/divorced	37	5 (13.5)	0.4 (0.1 , 1.2)
Polygamy
No	284	72 (25.4)	1
Yes	36	7 (19.6)	0.7 (0.2 , 1.6)
Don’t Know	10	3 (30.3)	1.2 (0.3,5.0)
Employment
Yes	253	61 (24.1)	1
No	107	26 (24.3)	0.9 (0.5 , 1.6)
Number of pregnancies
1st pregnancy	118	24 (20.3)	1	-
2-3 pregnancies	189	54 (28.6)	1.5 (0.9 , 2.7)
4 and above	54	9 (17.0)	0.8 (0.3 , 1.8)
Parity
Once	115	33 (28.7)	1
2-3 times	106	28 (26.4)	0.8 (0.4 , 1.6)
4 and above	8	0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0 ,-)
Antenatal visits
Once	14	3 (21.4)	1	-
2-3 times	227	47 (20.7)	0.9 (0.2 , 3.5)
4 and above	111	35 (31.5)	1.6 (0.4 , 6.4)
Counselling on appropriate breastfeeding practices
Yes	181	56 (30.9)	2.1 (1.2 , 3.5)	2.3 (1.2 , 3.7)
No	179	31 (17.3)	1	1
Appropriate breastfeeding knowledge
Yes	107	23 (21.5)	0.8 (0.4 , 1.4)	0.8 (0.4,1.4)
No	253	64 (25.3)	1
Knowledge on exclusive breastfeeding definition
Correct definition	298	73 (24.5)	1
Incorrect definition	61	14 (23.0)	0.9 (0.4 ,1.7)	0.9 (0.4,1.7)
Age of last born
<2 years	25	6 (24.0)	1	-
2-4 years	80	16 (20.0)	0.7 (0.2 , 2.3)	-
>4 years	110	35 (31.8)	1.4 (0.5 , 4.0)	-