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. 2022 Dec 28;17:93. doi: 10.1186/s13006-022-00531-3

Table 1.

Bivariate analysis of demographic variables (n = 102)

Variables of Interest Total (%) Early Initiation p-value Prelacteal Feeding p-value Untimely Complementary Feeding
Early p-value Late p-value
Underlying Factors
 Mother's Age (N = 101) 1 0.84 0. 16* 1
  < 25 (16–24) 42.57
  > 25 (25–40) 57.43
 Mother's Literacy (N = 99)
  Literate 26.3 1 0.64 0.24 0.32
  Illiterate 73.7
 Khat Use (N = 102) 0.30 0.68 0.03* 1
  Daily Past Month 67.7
Immediate Factors
 Antenatal Care Visits (N = 102) 0.25 0.37 1 0.32
  > 4 visits 26.5
  < 4 visits 37.3
  0 visits 36.2
 Time Impoverished (N = 102) 53.9 0.80 0.69 0.50 0.37
 Father living in Household (N = 102) 96 0.15* 0.32 0.32 1
 No. living in household with the child (N = 102)
  > 6 individuals 48 0.80 0.16* 0.16* 0.67
Physiological Factors
 No Factors
Basic Factors
 Food Insecurity, Severe (N = 102) 31.4 0.00* 0.51 0.72 0.64
 Kebele 0.00* 0.01* 0.77 0.19*
  1 30.3
  2 10.8
  3 19.6
  4 9.8
  5 29.4
 Primary income from khat (N = 102) 81.3 0.18* 0.44 0.20* 1
Additional Factors1
 Iron Suppl. (Any) (N = 100) 48 0.43 1 0.72 0.05*
 Drugs for Intestinal Worms (N = 101) 1 1 1 0.09* 1
 Anti-Malaria Medication (N = 101) 2 1 0.18* 1 1
 Bed Nets Used Daily (N = 101) 24.7 0.55 1 0.45 0.33
 Child Sex (N = 102) 0.30 0.02* 0.03* 0.36
  Male 50
  Female 52
Access to Water Distance (N = 99) 0.98 0.96 0.68 0.39
 In the home 3.03
 Less than 5 min away 9.09
 Less than 30 min away 45.45
 Less than 1 h away 20.2
 More than 1 h away 22.2

1Additional Factors are those included in our bivariate analysis but not in our conceptual model

2Covariates in our conceptual model meeting the p < .2 threshold were included in regression models