Table 2.

Factors associated with early initiation of breastfeeding

Characteristics	Breastfeeding, %1		p-value2
	No	Yes
Age (yr)
15-24	43.8	56.2	<0.001
25-34	50.0	50.0
35-49	55.3	44.7
Marital status			0.407
Never married	50.9	49.1
Separated/divorced/widowed	51.9	48.1
Married/cohabiting	50.0	50.0
Level of education			<0.001
No formal school/primary	31.3	68.7
Secondary	47.5	52.5
Higher	63.7	36.3
Wealth Index			<0.001
Poorest	29.4	70.6
Poorer	43.8	56.2
Middle	54.5	45.5
Richer	61.7	38.3
Richest	72.5	27.5
Region of residence			<0.001
Coast	60.8	39.2
Andean	40.2	59.8
Jungle	30.9	69.1
Place of residence			<0.001
Rural	31.5	68.5
Urban	56.4	43.6
Mode of delivery			<0.001
Vaginal delivery	28.9	71.1
Cesarean delivery	89.0	11.0
Place of delivery			<0.001
Other3	27.2	72.8
Private health center	79.1	20.9
Public health center	47.0	53.0
Order of birth			<0.001
1	55.7	44.3
2-3	50.6	49.4
≥4	38.2	61.8
Newborn size			<0.001
Small	53.3	46.7
Medium	47.0	53.0
Large	53.8	46.2
Newborn sex			0.013
Female	49.0	51.0
Male	51.4	48.6
Type of pregnancy			<0.001
Multiple	88.2	11.8
Single	49.8	50.2
Antenatal controls			<0.001
0-3	41.8	58.2
4-7	48.1	51.9
≥8	51.3	48.7
Breastfeeding training			0.007
No	52.3	47.7
Yes	49.3	50.7
Ethnic self-identification			<0.001
White/mixed-race/others	53.6	46.4
Native	44.1	55.9
Black/Brown/’’Zambo’’	45.2	54.8
Head of the household			0.865
No	50.2	49.8
Yes	50.4	49.6

49.6Values are presented as weighted % of the row unless otherwise indicated.

¹Estimates include the weights and Demographic and Family Health Survey sample specifications.

²Using chi-square test statistics.

³Neither private nor public health centers.