Table 6.

Logistic regression analysis for predictors of primary reason for introduction to solid foods (reason = dependent variable, n = 756)

Weaning reason	Predictive factors	Wald	df	P	OR	95% CI	Cox and Snell R 2
Wanted to eat	Education	6.68	1	0.010	1.12	1.06, 1.30	0.047
	BF 6 weeks	4.17	1	0.048	2.23	1.01, 4.96
	Marital status	3.79	1	0.049	2.36	0.92, 0.99
Hunger	Gender	7.33	1	0.007	0.43	0.26, 0.75	0.069
	BF 6 weeks	10.97	1	0.001	0.592	0.94, 3.86
	Birthweight	6.71	1	0.042	0.85	0.75, 0.96
	Primiparous	3.48	1	0.008	1.52	0.95, 2.54
Behaviour	Gender	7.93	1	0.005	2.21	1.14, 3.52	0.092
	Maternal age	4.033	1	0.000	0.380	0.240, 0.600
	BF 6 weeks	9.88	1	0.002	0.625	1.12, 3.12
Weight	Birthweight	22.75	1	0.000	3.228	1.99, 5.22	0.068
	BF 6 weeks	3.12	1	0.045	1.32	0.54, 0.96
	Gender	8.553	1	0.004	1.78	0.11, 0.84
	Age	4.743	1	0.029	1.05	1.01, 1.11
Medical	BF 2 weeks	17.18	1	0.000	0.380	240, 0.600	0.016
	BF 6 weeks	5.432	1	0.023	1.43	0.69, 0.98
Developmental readiness	Maternal age	4.768	1	0.029	1.07	1.47, 3.23	0.064
	BF 6 weeks	15.73	1	0.000	2.52	1.07, 1.59
Convenience	Birthweight	13.375	1	0.000	0.406	0.251, 0.658	0.051
	Education	4.220	1	0.040	2.006	1.03, 3.90
	Gender	6.316	1	0.012	2.15	1.5, 10.39
	BF 26 weeks	6.314	1	0.012	3.07	1.4, 2.69
Guidelines	Education	14.938	1	0.000	2.612	1.61, 4.30	0.057
	BF 6 weeks	4.395	1	0.036	1.667	1.03, 2.68
Pressure	Age	6.024	1	0.014	0.538	0.328, 0.883	0.074
	Parity	8.881	1	0.003	0.048	0.006, 0.352
Needed more	Age	4.652	1	0.031	0.931	0.873, 0.994	0.021
	Birthweight	12.185	1	0.000	2.23	1.42, 3.15
	BF 6 weeks	4.475	1	0.034	0.645	0.42, 0.97
Physical	Age	7.007	1	0.008	1.65	1.03, 2.44	0.018
	Education	3.839	1	0.049	2.02	1.00, 4.12
Fun	Age	5.514	1	0.019	1.098	1.02, 1.19	0.062
	Primiparous	4.501	1	0.034	0.251	0.070, 0.90

BF, breastfeeding; CI, confidence interval; df, degree of freedom; OR, odds ratio.