Table 3.
Relationship between age, parity, level of education, antenatal care attendance, and orientation on breastfeeding techniques and breastfeeding technique
| Breast feeding technique | P | OR | 95% CI for OR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| |||||
| Good | Poor | ||||
| Age group | |||||
| <20 | 5 (45.5) | 6 (54.5) | 0.367 | 0.569 | 0.167-1.936 |
| 20-30 | 85 (40.5) | 125 (59.5) | <0.001 | 0.464 | 0.309-0.699 |
| >30 (ref) | 104 (59.4) | 71 (40.6) | |||
| Parity | |||||
| 1 | 91 (51.4) | 86 (48.6) | 0.386 | 1.192 | 0.802-1.772 |
| 2-5 | 103 (47.0) | 116 (53.0) | |||
| Education | |||||
| None | 0 (0.0) | 4 (100.0) | χ2=13.173*, P=0.001 | ||
| Read and write | 5 (20.0) | 20 (80.0) | |||
| Primary and above | 189 (51.5) | 178 (48.5) | |||
| ANC | |||||
| Yes | 184 (55.3) | 149 (44.7) | <0.001 | 8.336 | 2.853-24.351 |
| TBA | 6 (18.8) | 26 (81.3) | 0.528 | 1.558 | 0.394-6.161 |
| No (ref) | 4 (12.9) | 27 (87.1) | |||
| Orientation | |||||
| Before (ref) | 94 (39.3) | 145 (60.7) | |||
| After | 52 (59.8) | 35 (40.2) | 0.001 | 2.292 | 1.389-3.782 |
| Both | 48 (68.6) | 22 (31.4) | <0.001 | 3.366 | 1.389-5.936 |
*χ2. ANC=Antenatal care, OR=Odds ratio, CI=Confidence interval