Table 5.
Determinants of exclusive breastfeeding at 6 months (N = 185).
| Variable | Odds ratio | p-value | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ownership of radio | |||
| No | 0.13 | 0.027 | 0.02–0.79 |
| Yes | Reference | ||
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| Decision to EBF after delivery | |||
| No | 2.93 | 0.104 | 0.80–10.73 |
| Yes | Reference | ||
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| Employment status | |||
| Unemployed | 1.29 | 0.737 | 0.29–5.67 |
| Employed | Reference | ||
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| Breastfeeding education | |||
| No | 1.12 | 0.865 | 0.30–4.26 |
| Yes | Reference | ||
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| Confident of producing enough milk | |||
| No | 0.17 | 0.017 | 0.04–0.73 |
| Yes | Reference | ||
|
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| Initiation of breastfeeding | |||
| <30 mins | 3.64 | 0.418 | 0.16–82.96 |
| 30–1 hr | Reference | ||
| 1–24 hrs | 1.87 | 0.451 | 0.37–9.51 |
| >1 day | 1.16 | 0.874 | 0.18–7.55 |
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| Perceived onset of lactation | |||
| 1 day | 1.48 | 0.674 | 0.24–9.22 |
| 2 days | Reference | ||
| 3 days | 0.25 | 0.151 | 0.06–1.56 |
| >3 days | 0.51 | 0.467 | 0.03–5.17 |
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| Suckling ability at birth | |||
| Poor | 0.67 | 0.565 | 0.17–2.63 |
| Normal | Reference | ||
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| Admission into NICU | |||
| No | 0.29 | 0.088 | 0.07–1.20 |
| Yes (Ref) | |||
No. of obs. = 185, LR Chi2 (11) = 17.98, Prob. > Chi2 = 0.0821, Pseudo R2 = 0.1972, Ref: Reference category; CI: Confidence Interval; ∗p < 0.05.