Table 3. Distribution of favorable feeding practices by place of delivery, delivery sector and mode of delivery among women who had a live birth outcome in past 12 months of the survey (N = 2721) in four hard to reach areas of Bangladesh, 2017.
| Independent | Dependent | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Categories | Early initiation of breastfeeding | No pre-lacteal feeding | ||
| Frequency | Percentages* (95% CI) | Frequency | Percentages* (95% CI) | ||
| Overall | 1893 | 69.57 (67.80–71.29) | 2012 | 73.94 (72.25–75.58) | |
| Place of delivery | Home birth | 1406 | 72.17 (70.12–74.15) | 1426 | 73.20 (71.17–75.15) |
| Facility births | 487 | 63.00 (59.48–66.41) | 586 | 75.80 (72.62–78.78) | |
| Delivery by medically trained provider | No | 1375 | 71.55 (69.45–73.53) | 1421 | 73.95 (71.89–75.87) |
| Yes | 518 | 64.85 (61.40–68.14) | 591 | 73.98 (70.68–76.88) | |
| Delivery Sector (among facility deliveries only) | Public/NGO sector | 292 | 69.19 (64.54–73.56) | 340 | 80.56 (76.46–84.23) |
| Private sector | 195 | 55.55 (50.19–60.83) | 246 | 70.08 (64.99–74.83) | |
| Mode of delivery | Vaginal delivery | 1708 | 72.37 (70.52–74.16) | 1769 | 74.95 (73.15–76.69) |
| Cesarean section | 185 | 51.24 (45.96–56.51) | 243 | 67.31 (62.20–72.13) | |
* Weighted by survey weight and population size of hard to reach areas.