Table 3.

Binary logistic regression analyses of factors associated with formula feeding among mothers with infants less than 6 months old in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2020 (N = 494)

Variables	Formula feeding practice
	Yes (%)	No (%)	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
Education
Primary school	17 (22.1)	60 (77.9)	1	1
Secondary school	39 (34.8)	73 (65.2)	1.89 (1.04–3.61)*	1.77 (0.93–3.36)
Diploma & above	172 (56.4)	133 (43.6)	4.56 (2.28–7.46)*	3.09 (1.56–6.14)*
Occupation
House wife	74 (37.4)	124 (62.6)	1	1
Government	56 (50.9)	54 (49.1)	1.74 (1.14–2.94)*	1.30 (0.73–2.33)
Private and others	98 (52.7)	88 (47.3)	1.87 (1.25–2.83)*	1.59 (.98–2.56)
Marital status
Married	224 (47.2)	251 (52.8)	3.35 (1.13–10.53)*	2.79 (0.84–9.33)
Single/divorced	4 (21.1)	15 (78.9)	1	1
Place of ANC
Public	100 (38.3)	161 (61.7)	1	1
Private	128 (56.1)	100 (43.9)	2.06 (0.51–4.41)	1.60 (0.83–3.09)
Number of ANC visit
< 3	32 (65.3)	17 (34.7)	1	1
≥3	196 (44.5)	244 (55.5)	0.43 (0.01–0.437)*	0.60 (0.09–4.26)
Place of delivery
Public institutions	95 (37.8)	156 (62.2)	1	1
Private institutions	133 (54.7)	110 (45.3)	1.99 (1.87–2.85)*	1.08 (0.45–1.72)
Mode of delivery
Normal/vaginal	85 (28.9)	209 (71.1)	1	1
Cesarean section	143 (71.5)	57 (28.5)	6.17 (4.35–9.09)*	6.13 (4.01–9.37)*
Timing of initiation of breastfeeding
Within 1 h	110 (33.3)	220 (66.7)	1	1
After 1 h to 1 day	50 (66.7)	25 (33.3)	4.00 (6.19–21.86)*	3.43 (1.59–7.40)*
After 1 day to 3 days	52 (75.4)	17 (24.6)	6.12 (9.37–44.27)*	3.71 (1.51–9.41)*
After 3 days	16 (80.0)	4 (20.0)	8.00 (5.46–25.71)*	5.41 (2.15–13.60)*
Pre-lacteal feeding
Yes	145 (85.3)	25 (14.7)	11.84 (7.12–25.59)*	7.61 (4.11–11.06)*
No	83 (25.6)	241 (74.4)	1	1
Age of the child
< 2 month	63 (38.0)	103 (62.0)	1	1
2–3 months	26 (52.0)	24 (48.0)	1.77 (1.62–2.77)*	2.17 (0.98–3.14)
4–6 months	139 (50.0)	139 (50.0)	1.63 (1.29–3.11)*	1.92 (0.74–3.09)

*Significant at a p-value of <0.05, BF Breastfeeding, ANC Antenatal care, C/S Cesarean section