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Table 5 Factors associated with low/medium BPI scores among mothers of infants aged less than six months in Samara-Logia town administration, Afar Regional state, Northeast Ethiopia, 2017

From: Breastfeeding performance in Afar regional state, northeastern Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

Variables

Low/medium BPI score

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

Yes

No

Maternal age (years)

 17–20

29

6

1

1

 20–34

248

74

0.69(0.28,1.73)

1.06(0.34,3.28)

  > 34

199

20

2.06(0.76, 5.55)

4.55(1.33, 15.73)*

Maternal occupation

 Housewife

193

49

0.71(0.46,1.09)

 

 Othera

283

51

1

 

Maternal educational status

 Non formal education

118

10

2.97(1.49,5.89)*

 

 Formal education

358

90

1

 

Religion

 Muslim

378

84

0.74(0.41,1.31)

 

 Christianb

98

16

1

 

Household head

 Mother of index infant

142

17

2.08(1.19,3.63)*

 

 Father of index infant

334

83

1

 

Ethnicity

 Amhara

240

62

1

 

 Afar

112

21

1.38(0.80, 2.37)

 

 Oromo

53

9

1.52(0.71, 3.25)

 

 Tigre

71

8

2.29(1.05, 5.01)*

 

Parity

 Primipara

167

11

1

 

 Multipara

309

89

0.23(0.12,0.44)*

 

Marital status

 Currently married

373

83

1

 

 Currently unmarried

103

17

1.35(0.77,2.37)

 

Age of infant (month)

 0–1

35

18

1

1

 2–3

188

39

2.48(1.28,4.82)*

2.18(0.95,5.00)

 4–5

253

43

3.03(1.57,5.82)*

2.49(1.08,5.76)*

Birth order

 1

117

15

1

 

 2

194

53

0.47(0.25,0.87)*

 

  > 3

165

32

0.66(0.34,1.28)

 

Advice on infant feeding at ANC checkup

 Yes

232

87

0.14(0.08, 0.26)*

 

 No

244

13

1

 

Place of delivery

 Home

223

6

13.81(5.93,32.14)*

4.25(1.37,13.23)*

 Health institution

253

94

1

1

Mode of delivery

 Vaginal

426

95

1

1

 Cesarean section

50

5

2.23(0.87,5.74)

8.00(2.78,23.09)*

Advice on infant feeding at PNC checkup

 Yes

167

78

0.15(0.09, 0.25)*

0.28(0.13,0.59)*

 No

309

22

1

1

  1. Hosmer and Lemeshow Test = 0.455. COR = Crude odds ratio. AOR Adjusted odds ratio. CI confidence interval. *Significant at p < 0.05. astudent, agro-pastoralist, merchant, government employee, daily laborer. bEthiopian Orthodox, Protestant. ANC Antenatal care. PNC postnatal care