Table 4.
Logistic regression analysis of predictor variables of exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months
| Predictor variables | Exclusive breastfeeding | AOR | CI | P value | |
| YES | NO | ||||
| (n=200) | (n=140) | ||||
| ANC site in last pregnancy | |||||
| Hospital | 198(99.0) | 126(90.0) | 14.6 | 0.9–251.7 | 0.064 |
| Mission centre | 1(0.5) | 4(2.9) | 4.7 | 0.2–129.2 | 0.363 |
| TBA | 1(0.5) | 10(7.1) | 1.0 | ||
| Place of last delivery | |||||
| Hospital | 184(92.2) | 115(82.2) | 0.8 | 0.3–2.4 | 0.657 |
| Mission centre | 6(3.0) | 6(4.3) | 0.4 | 0.1–2.1 | 0.267 |
| TBA | 1(0.5) | 10(7.1) | 0.2 | 0.01–4.9 | 0.343 |
| Home | 9(4.5) | 9(6.4) | 1.0 | ||
| Source of information on BF | |||||
| Health workers | 162(81.0) | 106(75.7) | 1.5 | 0.8–3.0 | 0.201 |
| Mass media | 14(7.0) | 2(1.4) | 42.2 | 3.1–568.5 | 0.005* |
| Family | 24(12.0) | 32(22.9) | 1.0 | ||
| Lactation problem | |||||
| None | 185(92.5) | 114(81.4) | 3.4 | 1.6–7.1 | 0.001* |
| Yes | 15(7.5) | 26(18.6) | 1.0 | ||
*
P≤ 0.05