Table 1 Effect of socio-economic and demographic factors on exclusive breastfeeding during first 6 months of an infant’s life in Bangladesh

Region

0.008

 Barisal

0.94

0.72 to 1.22

0.641

0.96

0.44 to 2.13

0.928

 Chittagong

0.94

0.74 to 1.18

0.586

0.65

0.33 to 1.27

0.211

 Dhaka

0.67

0.52 to 0.85

0.001

0.40

0.20 to 0.80

0.009

 Khulna

0.91

0.70 to 1.19

0.506

0.71

0.33 to 1.52

0.374

 Rajshahi

0.75

0.57 to 0.97

0.031

0.36

0.18 to 0.74

0.006

 Rangpur

0.99

0.77 to 1.29

0.983

0.71

0.33 to 1.50

0.366

 Sylhet^r

–

–

–

–

–

–

Mother age

< 0.001

 15–19

0.34

0.25 to 0.46

< 0.001

1.10

0.38 to 3.13

0.865

 20–24

0.51

0.38 to 0.68

< 0.001

0.80

0.32 to 1.99

0.638

 25–29

0.65

0.49 to 0.88

0.004

1.21

0.51 to 2.84

0.669

 30–34

0.68

0.50 to 0.94

0.019

0.79

0.34 to 1.84

0.589

 35 and more^r

–

–

–

–

–

–

Mother education

0.033

 Illiterate

1.47

1.11 to 1.95

0.007

1.87

0.73 to 4.76

0.190

 Primary

1.23

0.96 to 1.58

0.104

2.28

1.05 to 4.93

0.037

 Secondary

1.14

0.90 to 1.44

0.276

1.75

0.95 to 3.24

0.074

 Higher^r

–

–

–

–

–

–

Father education

0.003

 Illiterate

1.38

1.10 to 1.73

0.005

1.16

0.54 to 2.51

0.703

 Primary

1.06

0.85 to 1.32

0.612

0.98

0.50 to 1.92

0.955

 Secondary

1.00

0.81 to 1.25

0.983

1.24

0.69 to 2.25

0.471

 Higher^r

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Housewife

0.76

0.65 to 0.89

0.001

1.20

1.02 to 1.42

0.049

 Worker/business/service holder^r

–

–

–

–

–

–

Father occupation

0.041

 Farmer/worker

1.25

1.05 to 1.49

0.012

1.36

0.84 to 2.22

0.214

 Service holder

1.18

0.98 to 1.42

0.079

1.64

1.02 to 2.62

0.039

 Business/others^r

–

–

–

–

–

–

Mass media access

 Yes

1.17

1.02 to 1.35

0.030

1.54

0.94 to 2.50

0.084

 No^r

–

–

–

–

–

–

BMI for mother

0.004

 Underweight

0.65

0.42 to 1.01

0.056

1.20

0.48 to 3.03

0.696

 Normal weight

0.87

0.57 to 1.33

0.533

1.63

0.69 to 3.85

0.267

 Overweight

0.86

0.55 to 1.35

0.510

1.07

0.44 to 2.61

0.887

 Obese^r

–

–

–

–

–

–

Total children ever born

< 0.001

 One children

0.67

0.54 to 0.83

< 0.001

0.73

0.31 to 1.71

0.469

 2–3 children

0.82

0.67 to 1.01

0.060

1.26

0.64 to 2.50

0.508

 4 and more children^r

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Non-caesarean

1.25

1.06 to 1.48

0.007

1.08

0.58 to 2.00

0.809

 Caesarean^r

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Home

1.28

1.11 to 1.48

0.001

1.22

0.68 to 2.16

0.506

 Hospital/clinic^r

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Yes

1.33

1.13 to 1.56

0.001

0.86

0.51 to 1.45

0.580

 No^r

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Yes

1.31

1.14 to 1.51

< 0.001

1.17

0.62 to 2.21

0.619

 No^r

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Yes

1.17

1.02 to 1.34

0.026

1.22

0.73 to 2.05

0.443

 No^r

–

–

–

–

–

–

 6 month to 1 year

0.01

0.00 to 0.01

< 0.001

0.01

0.00 to 0.01

0.000

 More than one year^r

–

–

–

–

–

–

χ²-value = 7.798

p-value = 0.454