Table 2.

Factors associated with EBF among infants aged less than 6 months.

Variable	Total sample (N = 717)				N = 698
	n	(% EBF)	COR	95% CI	AOR	95% CI	p value
Residence
Urban	38	38.9	1	Ref.	1	Ref.
Rural	429	69.4	3.56	2.20-5.77	2.28	1.23-4.23	0.009
Maternal age (year)
<18	18	53.8	1	Ref.	1	Ref.
18-34	424	66.8	1.73	0.70-4.26	1.9	0.76-4.72	0.167
35-49	26	51.8	0.92	0.29-2.92	1.04	0.31-3.50	0.955
Maternal education
No schooling	52	63.8	1	Ref.	1	Ref.
Primary school	243	68.7	1.24	0.66-2.33	1.75	0.84-3.67	0.136
Secondary school/higher	173	61.3	0.9	0.47-1.74	1.94	0.89-4.25	0.097
Employment
No job/not working	202	67.9	1	Ref.	1	Ref.
Agriculture/self-employed	139	73.0	1.28	0.75-2.16	1.01	0.55-1.86	0.979
Professional/technical/sale	62	54.2	0.56	0.32-0.97	0.77	0.41-1.42	0.395
Others	65	56.4	0.61	0.32-1.15	0.58	0.30-1.13	0.111
Wealth index
Low	222	75.0	1	Ref.	1	Ref.
Middle	100	66.3	0.66	0.41-1.06	0.58	0.34-0.99	0.044
High	144	53.8	0.39	0.23-0.65	0.58	0.30-1.12	0.106
Sex of infant
Boy	209	60.7	1	Ref.	1	Ref.
Girl	259	69.3	1.46	1.02-2.11	1.48	0.98-2.25	0.062
Infant age (in months)
≤1	168	79.9	1	Ref.	1	Ref.
2–3	172	67.1	0.51	0.27-0.97	0.49	0.26-0.92	0.027
4–5	127	50.9	0.26	0.16-0.42	0.25	0.15-0.43	<0.001
Delivery place
Private facilities	57	44.9	1	Ref.	1	Ref.
Public hospital	374	70.3	2.9	1.53-5.49	2.64	1.28-5.47	0.009
Others	36	62.9	2.08	0.94-4.64	1.43	0.54-3.80	0.472
Early breastfeeding (hour)
≥1	159	63.1	1	Ref.	1	Ref.
<1	308	69.1	1.31	0.87-1.98	1.18	0.71-1.96	0.517
Currently contraceptive use
No	405	68.8	1	Ref.	1	Ref.
Yes	63	48.7	0.43	0.26-0.70	0.67	0.36-1.22	0.187

COR: crude odd ratio, AOR: adjusted odds ratio.