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Table 2 Association between breastfeeding at four months of age and neighbourhood household purchasing power, without and with adjustments for individual-level variables

From: Influence of neighbourhood purchasing power on breastfeeding at four months of age: a Swedish population-based cohort study

Explanatory variable

Neighbourhood-level without adjustments

Neighbourhood-level with adjustments

 Category

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Neighbourhood purchasing power *

  

 < 10

1.00 (reference)

1.00 (reference)

 10–19.9

1.21 (0.87-1.70)

1.05 (0.74-1.48)

 20–29.9

1.51 (1.11-2.05)

1.09 (0.79-1.52)

 30+

2.14 (1.45-3.16)

1.63 (1.07-2.46)

p-value for trend

0.00004

0.052

Maternal age (yrs)

-

 

 ≤ 20

 

2.49 (1.24-4.99)

 21+

 

1.00 (reference)

Maternal smoking

-

 

 No

 

1.00 (reference)

 Yes

 

2.57 (1.74-3.80)

Maternal and paternal education

-

 

 Both post-secondary

 

1.00 (reference)

 One post-secondary

 

1.44 (1.09-1.92)

 None post-secondary

 

2.07 (1.58-2.73)

  1. *Proportion (%) of families with low neighbourhood household purchasing power (according to Swedish standards; < USD 19 500 neighbourhood household purchasing power) among all resident families with at least one child (up to 19 years old) in a neighbourhood area (parish). Neighbourhood household purchasing power was defined as total family disposable income adjusted for the composition of the family (number of adults and children).
  2. Cochran-Armitage trend test (two-sided p-value).
  3. Not included.