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Table 5 Factors associated with pre-lacteal feeding practices among mothers, in Aksum town, Tigray, Ethiopia 2017

From: Pre-lacteal feeding practice and associated factors among mothers having children less than two years of age in Aksum town, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2017: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Pre-lacteal feeding

Crude OR (CI: 95%)

Adjusted OR (CI: 95%)

Yes

No

Level of education

 No education

29(18%)

132(82%)

3.695(1.78,7.66)

2.4 (0.95,5.93)

 Primary school

8 (6.7%)

112(93.3%)

1.2(0.47,3.08)

1.145(0.39,3.38)

 Secondary and above

11(5.6%)

185(94.4%)

1

1

Child age

  < 6 months

16(11.3%)

126(88.7%)

1

1

 6–11 months

12(8.7%)

126(91.3%)

0.75(0.34,1.65)

0.43(0.16,1.19)

 12-17 months

5(5.8%)

81(94.2%)

0.48(0.17,1.36)

0.434(0.13,1.41)

 18–24 months

15(14.9%)

86(85.1%)

1.39(0.65,2.96)

0.843(0.31,2.25)

Birth spacing

 No previous child

19(12.7%)

131(87.3%)

2.417(1.14,5.15)

2.931(1.21,7.09) *

  < 24 months

17(14.8%)

 

2.891(1.33, 6.29)

2.887(1.15,7.25) *

  ≥ 24 months

12(5.7%)

200(94.3%)

1

1

Colostrum giving

 Yes

32(7%)

425(93%)

1

1

 No

16(80%)

4(20%)

10.629(4.78, 23.61)

6.724(2.49,18.12) *

Number of ANC visit

  ≥ 4

10(2.9%)

331(97.1%)

1

1

  < 4

38(27.9%)

98(72.1%)

11.529 (5.44, 24.41)

10.549 (4.76, 23.40) *

Breast feeding counselinga

 Yes

45(9.6%)

422(90.4%)

1

1

 No

3(30%)

7(70%)

4.019(1.00, 16.09)

0.648(0.07,6.2)

Place of deliverya

 Heath facility

40(8.7%)

418(91.3%)

1

1

 At home

8(42.1%)

11(57.9%)

5.162(2.08, 12.81)

1.192(0.03,4.77)

Mode of delivery

 Normal

37(8.5%)

399(91.5%)

1

1

 C/S

11(26.8%)

30(73.2%)

3.954(1.83,8.53)

4.377 (1.72,11.12) *

PNC follow upa

 Yes

36(8.7%)

376(91.3%)

1

1

 No

12(18.5%)

53(81.5%)

2.365(1.16, 4.83)

1.323(0.47,3.70)

Believe on purported advantage of PLF

 Yes

30(18.2%)

135(81.8%)

3.63(1.95, 6.81)

3.359 (1.62,6.96) *

 No

18(5.8%)

294(94.2%)

1

1

Risk of PLFa

 Yes

28(7.4%)

348(92.6%)

1

1

 No

20(19.8%)

81(80.2%)

3.069(1.65, 5.72)

1.454(0.58,3.64)

Family sizea

  < =3

21(13.3%)

137(86.7%)

1

1

  > =4

27(8.5%)

292(91.5%)

0.603(0.33,1.10)

1.403(0.35,5.67)

  1. *Statistically significant variables at p-value of < 0.05
  2. aVariable excluded after adjusting them in multivariate logistic regression