Table 2 Determinants of Exclusive breastfeeding and predominant breastfeeding in Nigerian women (2008)

Socio-economic

Maternal education

No education

1249

7.4

1.00

1.00

55.9

1.00

1.00

Primary

625

14.0

2.03 (1.42-2.91)

<0.001

1.34 (0.90-2.00)

0.148

45.1

0.65 (0.52-0.81)

0.010

0.7 (0.55-0.89)

0.004

Secondary and above

958

21.0

3.32 (2.34-4.72)

<0.001

1.87 (1.24-2.82)

0.003

39.8

0.52 (0.42-0.65)

0.010

0.57 (0.45-0.72)

<0.001

Mother’s age

15-24 years

947

10.3

1.00

1.00

50.6

1.00

25-34 years

1360

16.3

1.68 (1.28-2.22)

<0.001

1.50 (1.12-2.01)

0.007

46.9

0.86 (0.71-1.04)

0.123

35-49 years

524

11.7

1.15 (0.80-1.64)

0.439

1.17 (0.89-1.70)

0.379

46.6

0.85 (0.68-1.07)

0.167

Household Wealth

Poor

1295

15.5

1.00

1.00

86.7

1.00

Middle

1046

33.3

2.39 (1.73-3.30)

<0.001

1.62 (1.14-2.31)

0.008

87.6

0.67 (0.55-0.81)

0.001

Rich

491

21.9

3.36 (2.31-4.88)

<0.001

1.64 (1.04-2.60)

0.034

41.6

0.61 (0.46-0.8)

0.001

Geopolitical region

North Central

380

21.6

1.00

1.00

30.6

1.00

North East

496

4.0

0.15 (0.09-0.25)

<0.001

0.23 (0.12-0.34)

<0.001

60.5

3.47 (2.5-4.81)

0.010

North West

817

8.4

0.33(0.20-0.56)

<0.001

0.43 (0.25-0.74)

0.002

62.8

3.82 (2.87-5.09)

0.010

South East

271

14.9

0.63 (0.41-0.99)

0.043

0.41 (0.26-0.65)

<0.001

42.3

1.66 (1.19-2.32)

0.003

South West

393

16.5

0.72 (0.47-1.10)

0.129

0.54 (0.35-0.83)

0.005

28.2

0.89 (0.64-1.25)

0.502

South South

475

22.3

1.04 (0.70-1.56)

0.840

0.73 (0.46-1.13)

0.157

43.5

1.74 (1.27-2.4)

0.001

Individual

Child age in months

2832

13.5

1.3 (1.21-1.4)

0.001

0.75 (0.70-0.82)

<0.001

48.1

0.85 (0.81-0.9)

0.001

0.85 (0.8-0.89)

<0.001

Health service

Antenatal visits

None

1250

9.1

1.00

54.7

1.00

1.00

1-3

344

11.2

1.26 (0.80-1.99)

0.317

43.1

0.63 (0.48-0.82)

0.001

0.67 (0.51-0.88)

0.004

≥4

1238

18.4

2.25 (1.66-3.05)

<0.001

42.8

0.62 (0.51-0.75)

0.001

0.78 (0.63-0.97)

0.027