Table 1.
Characteristics of household and association with current breastfeeding status of the last-born children under two years of age: percentages and OR results
| Number and percentage of children | Currently breastfed children | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unweighted N (%)a | Weighted N (%)b | N (%)b | P c | ORd | 95% CI | |
| Total | 744 | 730 | 456 (62.4) | |||
| Region of Turkey | 0.068 | |||||
| West | 130 (17.5) | 138 (18.9) | 73 (52.9) | 1.00 | ||
| South | 276 (37.1) | 270 (37.0) | 176 (65.2) | 1.67 | 1.23, 2.25 | |
| Central | 58 (7.8) | 61 (8.4) | 37 (60.7) | 1.33 | 0.80, 2.21 | |
| East | 280 (37.6) | 261 (35.7) | 170 (65.1) | 1.66 | 1.19, 2.31 | |
| Place of residence | 1.000 | |||||
| Non-camp | 665 (89.4) | 702 (96.2) | 439 (62.5) | 1.00 | ||
| Camp | 79 (10.6) | 28 (3.8) | 18 (64.3) | 1.03 | 0.68, 1.57 | |
| Household size, person | 0.621 | |||||
| < 6 | 253 (34.0) | 247 (33.8) | 149 (60.3) | 1.00 | ||
| 6–9 | 332 (44.6) | 325 (44.6) | 209 (64.3) | 1.19 | 0.87, 1.62 | |
| ≥ 10 | 159 (21.4) | 158 (21.6) | 98 (62.4) | 1.09 | 0.74, 1.62 | |
| Husband has other wives | 0.289 | |||||
| No | 698 (93.8) | 688 (94.2) | 426 (62.0) | 1.00 | ||
| Yes | 46 (6.2) | 42 (5.8) | 30 (71.4) | 1.55 | 0.75, 3.22 | |
| Mother’s age at the first birth, year | 0.382 | |||||
| < 18 | 217 (29.2) | 218 (29.9) | 143 (65.6) | 1.26 | 0.88, 1.78 | |
| 18–19 | 203 (27.3) | 198 (27.1) | 126 (63.6) | 1.17 | 0.82, 1.67 | |
| ≥ 20 | 324 (43.5) | 314 (43.0) | 188 (59.9) | 1.00 | ||
| Mother’s age at birth of the child, year | 0.761 | |||||
| < 20 | 197 (26.5) | 200 (27.5) | 122 (61.0) | 0.89 | 0.64, 1.23 | |
| 20–29 | 408 (54.8) | 400 (54.8) | 255 (63.8) | 1.00 | ||
| ≥ 30 | 139 (18.7) | 130 (17.8) | 79 (61.2) | 0.90 | 0.59, 1.36 | |
| Mother’s highest education level | 0.203 | |||||
| No education | 82 (11.0) | 80 (10.9) | 42 (52.5) | 1.00 | ||
| Primary | 287 (38.6) | 283 (38.7) | 181 (64.2) | 1.64 | 0.93, 2.88 | |
| Secondary | 316 (42.5) | 310 (42.5) | 194 (62.6) | 1.53 | 0.91, 2.58 | |
| Higher | 59 (7.9) | 57 (7.9) | 39 (68.4) | 2.01 | 0.96, 4.23 | |
| Mother’s literacy in Arabic | 0.160 | |||||
| Cannot read at all | 138 (18.5) | 135 (18.4) | 78 (58.2) | 1.00 | ||
| Able to read only parts of sentence | 94 (12.6) | 91 (12.5) | 65 (70.7) | 1.74 | 0.99, 3.06 | |
| Able to read whole sentence | 512 (68.8) | 504 (69.0) | 314 (62.3) | 1.19 | 0.80, 1.78 | |
| Mother can read and write in Turkish | 0.330 | |||||
| No | 659 (88.6) | 647 (88.6) | 401 (62.0) | 1.00 | ||
| Yes | 85 (11.4) | 83 (11.4) | 56 (67.5) | 1.22 | 0.75, 2.00 | |
| Father’s highest education level | ||||||
| No education | 79 (10.6) | 77 (10.5) | 45 (58.4) | 0.741 | 1.00 | |
| Primary | 295 (39.7) | 293 (40.1) | 188 (64.2) | 1.30 | 0.80, 2.10 | |
| Secondary | 287 (38.6) | 279 (38.2) | 178 (63.8) | 1.27 | 0.76, 2.15 | |
| Higher | 75 (10.1) | 75 (10.3) | 43 (57.3) | 0.98 | 0.51, 1.89 | |
| Not known | 8 (1.1) | 6 (0.8) | 4 (66.7) | 1.14 | 0.22, 6.01 | |
| Mother’s current working status | 0.092 | |||||
| No | 709 (95.3) | 697 (95.5) | 441 (63.3) | 1.00 | ||
| Yes | 35 (4.7) | 33 (4.5) | 15 (46.9) | 0.52 | 0.25, 1.11 | |
| Husband’s current working status, last week | 0.746 | |||||
| Yes | 242 (32.5) | 221 (30.3) | 140 (63.3) | 0.95 | 0.67, 1.35 | |
| No | 502 (67.5) | 509 (69.7) | 316 (62.1) | 1.00 | ||
| Household had at least one working person | ||||||
| No | 214 (28.8) | 198 (27.1) | 129 (65.2) | 0.361 | 1.00 | |
| Yes | 530 (71.2) | 532 (72.9) | 327 (61.5) | 0.85 | 0.62, 1.18 | |
| Household receiving donations | ||||||
| No | 329 (44.2) | 332 (45.5) | 207 (62.3) | 0.897 | 1.00 | |
| Yes | 415 (55.8) | 398 (54.5) | 250 (62.8) | 1.02 | 0.78, 1.32 | |
| Financial satisfaction with the household income | 0.075 | |||||
| Dissatisfied: < 5 | 557 (74.9) | 549 (75.2) | 353 (64.3) | 1.00 | ||
| Satisfied: ≥ 5 | 187 (25.1) | 181 (24.8) | 103 (56.9) | 0.74 | 0.52, 1.04 | |
| Smoking mother | 0.499 | |||||
| No | 700 (94.1) | 687 (94.1) | 428(62.3) | 1.00 | ||
| Yes | 44 (5.9) | 43 (5.9) | 29(67.4) | 1.24 | 0.70, 2.21 | |
| Anyone smokes at home | 0.248 | |||||
| No | 290 (39.0) | 278 (38.1) | 181 (65.1) | 1.00 | ||
| Yes | 454 (61.0) | 452 (61.9) | 275 (60.8) | 0.83 | 0.59, 1.17 | |
Abbreviations: CI Confidence interval, OR Odds ratio
aColumn percentage
bweighted row percentage
cChi-square test
dUnivariate binary complex sample logistic regression analysis