Table 5.

Binary logistic regression analysis of determinants of Exclusive breastfeeding during COVID-19 among lactating mothers in Mekelle city, Tigrai, 2021, (n = 621)

Variables	Category	EBF		COR (95%CI)	AOR(95%CI)	p-value
		No	Yes
Household head sex	Female	28	93	2.38(1.42,3.98)	2.21(1.31,3.71)	0.003*
	Male (Ref.)	193	307	1	1	–
Mothers’ education	Primary	71	121	1.43 (1.17,1.62)	1.24(1.1,1.55)	0.023*
	Secondary to preparatory	93	144	1.49 (1.22,2.33)	1.29(1.02,2.02)	0.009*
	College or above	47	128	1.82(1.72,3.10)	1.41(1.22,2.90)	0.005*
	No formal education (Ref.)	10	7	1	1	–
Child age	Mean (SD)	2.96(1.40)	2.78(1.39)	0.87(0.77,0.98)	0.90(0.79,1.02)	0.11
Parity	Mean (SD)	2.42(1.40)	2.70(1.56)	1.16(1.03,1.32)	1.23(1.07,1.42)	0.004*
ANC	Yes	207	395	5.34(1.89,15.04)	2.99(0.96,9.30)	0.06
	No (Ref.)	14	5	1	1	–
Breastfeeding information received during postnatal care	Yes	140	306	1.88(1.32,2.70)	1.73(1.17,2.56)	0.006*
	No (Ref.)	81	94	1	1	–
Maternal occupation	Employed	58	162	1.91(1.33,2.74)	1.30(0.84,2.04)	0.24
	Housewife (Ref.)	163	238	1	1	–
Knowledge	High (> 70%)	91	250	2.38(1.70,3.33)	1.74(1.20,2.51)	0.003*
	Low (<=70%) (Ref.)	130	150	1	1	–
Attitude	Desired/positive	154	349	2.98(1.97,4.49)	2.35(1.50,3.70)	< 0.001**
	Less positive (Ref.)	67	51	1	1	–

ANC Antenatal Care, AOR Adjusted Odds Ratio, COR Crude Odds Ratio, COVID-19 Corona Virus Disease-19, CI Confidence Interval, EBF Exclusive Breastfeeding, Ref reference

* = p < 0.05; ** = p < 0.001