Table 2.
Maternal activities and association with current breastfeeding status of the lastborn 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 d | ORe | 95% CI | |
| Do any exercise | ||||||
| No | 658 (88.4) | 642 (87.9) | 399 (62.1) | 0.494 | 1.00 | |
| Yes | 86 (11.6) | 88 (12.1) | 58 (65.9) | 1.16 | 0.65, 2.07 | |
| Organise home meetings | 0.421 | |||||
| No | 377 (50.7) | 379 (51.9) | 242 (63.9) | 1.00 | ||
| Yes | 367 (49.3) | 351 (48.1) | 214 (61.0) | 0.89 | 0.64, 1.25 | |
| Use internet | 0.903 | |||||
| No | 295 (39.7) | 283 (38.8) | 176 (62.2) | 1.00 | ||
| Yes | 449 (60.3) | 447 (61.2) | 280 (62.6) | 1.01 | 0.75, 1.38 | |
| Watch women’s programs on television | 0.256 | |||||
| No | 532 (71.5) | 523 (71.6) | 320 (61.2) | 1.00 | ||
| Yes | 212 (28.5) | 207 (28.4) | 136 (65.7) | 1.21 | 0.88, 1.67 | |
| Mother’s life satisfaction | 0.197 | |||||
| Dissatisfied: < 5 | 259 (34.8) | 253 (34.7) | 150 (59.3) | 1.00 | ||
| Satisfied: ≥ 5 | 485 (65.2) | 477 (65.3) | 306 (64.2) | 1.23 | 0.86, 1.77 | |
| Mother’s BMI c , kg / m 2 | 0.296 | |||||
| < 25 | 330 (44.4) | 319 (43.7) | 209 (65.5) | 1.00 | ||
| 25–29 | 228 (30.6) | 227 (31.2) | 134 (59.0) | 0.75 | 0.52, 1.10 | |
| ≥ 30 | 174 (23.4) | 173 (23.7) | 107 (61.8) | 0.86 | 0.59, 1.22 | |
Abbreviations: CI Confidence interval, BMI Body mass index, OR Odds ratio
aColumn percentage
bweighted row percentage
cmissing data: 12
dChi-square test
eunivariate binary complex sample logistic regression analysis