Table 3 Factors that affect EBF practice among mothers of infants age less than 6 months using bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis model, Bahir dar, Ethiopia, 2017
Variables | EBF practice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (n & %) | No (N & %) | COR (95% CL) | AOR (95% CL) | ||
Age of child in months | 0–1 | 67 (94.4) | 4 (5.6) | 3.679 (1.278,10.58) | 5.702 (1.747, 18.613)* |
2–3 | 127 (90.7) | 13 (9.3) | 2.146 (1.118, 4.119) | 2.778 (1.279, 6.032)* | |
4–6 | 214 (82) | 47 (18) | 1 | 1 | |
Occupational status | Unemployed | 229 (90.9) | 23 (9.1) | 2.281 (1.321, 3.940) | 2.995 (1.557, 5.690)* |
Employed | 179 (81.4) | 41 (18.6) | 1 | 1 | |
Colostrums feeding | Yes | 345 (88.5) | 45 (11.5) | 2.706 (1.455, 5.033) | .899 (0.379, 2.133) |
No | 51 (73.9) | 18 (26.1) | 1 | 1 | |
Maternal age | 15–29 years | 262 (84) | 50 (16) | 1 | |
≥ 30 years | 146 (91.2) | 14 (8.8) | 1.99 (1.064, 3.723) | 1.664 (0.833,3.323) | |
Cultural influence | Yes | 10 (58.8) | 7 (41.2) | 1 | 1 |
No | 398 (87.5) | 57 (12.5) | 4.88 (1.789, 13.352) | 11.01 (3.449, 35.16)* | |