Table 7.

Odds ratio between EBF and mixed feeding together with some variables.

Variables		Exclusive breastfeeding				Mixed breastfeeding
		OR	CI 95%		P -Value	OR	CI 95%		P -Value
Infants age (month)	1–6	1.0				1.0
	7–12	1.1	0.3	4.5	0.361	1.2	0.4	3.8	0.297
	13–18	0.6	0.1	2.5	0.397	1.8	0.5	6.2	0.325
	≥19	0.8	0.1	4.2	0.898	2.7	0.6	11.5	0.755
Duration of breastfeeding	0–6 months	1.0				1
	7–12 months	2.0	0.8	4.7	0.051	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.000
	≥13 months	6.9	2.0	23.8	0.002	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.000
Skin to skin period	≤ 5 min	1.0				1
	6–10 min	0.8	0.3	2.3	0.066	0.7	0.3	1.7	0.234
	>10	2.0	0.9	4.5	0.042	0.3	0.2	0.6	0.002
Underweight	No	1.0				1
	Yes	0.7	0.1	7.2	0.722	4.7	0.4	50.2	0.034
Husband education	High school and less	1.0				1
	Higher than high school	2.1	0.8	5.5	0.015	0.6	0.3	1.2	0.241
Mother education	High school and less	1.0				1
	Higher than high school	1.3	0.5	3.5	0.027	1.4	0.6	3.1	0.180
What is your last infant's sex?	Girls	1.0				1
	Boys	0.7	0.3	1.4	0.180	1.6	0.9	2.9	0.010
Do you have a maid at home?	No	1.0				1
	Yes	0.8	0.4	1.6	0.072	2.1	1.1	4.0	0.000
Birth weight	Normal birth weight	1.0				1
	Low birth weight	1.1	0.3	4.8	0.920	0.8	0.2	3.0	0.680
Number of children	<3	1.0				1
	≥3	7.9	1.0	65.2	0.045	0.2	0.0	0.6	0.013
Do you have any health problem?	No	1.0				1
	Yes	1.2	0.4	3.2	0.045	0.9	0.4	2.1	0.065
Marriage age of mother	≤ 20	1.0				1
	>20	0.7	0.3	1.6	0.320	1.3	0.6	2.5	0.255
Family size	≤ 4	1.0				1
	>4	0.1	0.0	1.1	0.271	7.1	1.8	28.3	0.926
Family income	Middle and lower income	1.0				1
	Upper than Middle income	1.0	0.4	2.5	0.468	2.5	1.1	5.7	0.755
Emirate	Dubai	1.0				1
	Sharjah	1.4	0.6	3.5	0.033	2.5	1.1	5.8	0.014

*P-value significant at P = < 0.050.