Table 3.

Factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding multi-variable analysis among infants attending with their mothers

	EBF		Total	Unadjusted			Adjusted
	(n = 2372)		(n = 4447)	OR	95CI	p	OR	95CI	p
Study	n	wgt%	N
Baseline	1905	49.9%	3659	Ref			Ref
Endpoint	467	59.3%	788	1.46	(1.1–2.0)	0.02	1.63	(1.2–2.3)	0.005
Age group
< 25	1175	51.1%	2238	Ref			Ref
25–49	1197	48.6%	2209	0.90	(0.7–1.2)	0.52	0.84	(0.6–1.2)	0.30
Relationship with child’s father
No	233	41.6%	463	ref			Ref
Yes	2139	51.1%	3984	1.47	(0.7–3.0)	0.30	1.32	(0.7–2.3)	0.34
Living in same house as child’s father
No	1747	48.9%	3352	Ref			Ref
Yes	625	52.9%	1095	1.17	(0.9–1.6)	0.28	1.20	(0.9–1.6)	0.21
Mothers education
< 12	1421	50.8%	2554	Ref			Ref
12	951	48.2%	1893	0.90	(0.7–1.2)	0.47	0.96	(0.7–1.2)	0.73
Mother returned to school or work
No	2220	54.1%	3802	Ref			Ref
Yes	152	22.2%	645	0.24	(0.2–0.4)	< 0.001	0.25	(0.2–0.4)	< 0.001
Mother receives grant for any child
No	749	43.1%	1537	Ref			Ref
Yes	1623	53.1%	2910	1.50	(1.2–1.8)	< 0.001	1.32	(1.1–1.6)	0.004
Mothers HIV status
Neg	1450	50.9%	2765	Ref			Ref
Pos	875	48.4%	1577	0.90	(0.7–1.2)	0.42	0.94	(0.7–1.2)	0.62
Place of residence
Rural	1692	56.0%	3009	Ref			Ref
Urban	680	44.0%	1438	0.62	(0.4–0.9)	0.019	0.73	(0.5–1.1)	0.14
Water source
Unsafe	526	64.3%	896	Ref			Ref
Piped	1846	45.7%	3551	0.47	(0.3–0.8)	0.002	0.65	(0.4–1.1)	0.14
Household electricity connection
not connected	510	60.4%	827	Ref			Ref
connected	1862	46.9%	3620	0.58	(0.4–0.8)	< 0.001	1.03	(0.6–1.7)	0.92
Cooking fuel
Other	930	60.7%	1555	Ref			Ref
Electricity	1442	42.8%	2892	0.48	(0.4–0.6)	< 0.001	0.60	(0.4–0.9)	0.028
Type of toilet
Other	1821	52.8%	3287	Ref			Ref
Flush	551	40.8%	1160	0.62	(0.5–0.8)	0.003	1.06	(0.7–1.6)	0.77

Significant associations shown in bold text