Predictors of early breastfeeding initiation among mothers of children under 24 months of age in rural part of West Ethiopia

Table 3 Multivariable logistic regression analysis showing factors associated with early initiation of breastfeeding among mothers in rural areas of West Ethiopia, April to May, 2014 (n = 593)

	Initiation of BF within one hour		95 % CI
Variables (n = 593)	Yes	No	COR	AOR
Variables (n = 593)	N (%)	N (%)	COR	AOR
Maternal Occupation
Housewife	266 (89.3)	32 (10.7)	2.57 (1.62-4.08)^c	2.48 (1.54- 3.99)^c
Business women^a	207 (76.4)	64 (23.6)	1.00	1.00
Owner Radio/TV
Yes	277 (87.1)	41 (12.9)	1.00	1.00
No	196 (78.1)	55 (21.9)	0.53 (0.34-0.82)^c	0.55 (0.37-0.88)^c
Colostrum feeding
Yes	443 (84.5)	81 (15.5)	2.74 (1.41-5.31)^c	2.22 (1.08-4.55)^c
No	30 (66.7)	15 (33.3)	1.00	1.00
Advise after delivery on BF
Yes	411 (85.8)	68 (14.2)	1.00	1.00
No	62 (68.9)	28 (31.1)	0.37 (0.22-0.61)^c	0.44 (0.25-0.75)^c
Prelacteal feeding
Yes	21 (60.0)	14 (40)	0.27 (0.13-0.56)^c	0.30 (0.14-0.65)^c
No	452 (84.6)	82 (15.4)	1.00	1.00

^aBusiness women = farmer, merchant, government employee
^bStatistically significant CI., CI confidence interval, COR crude odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio
Independent variables entered in the initial model: sex of child, maternal age, mother’s occupation, owner radio/TV, maternal education, wealth index, colostrum feeding, advise, and prelacteal feeding. [d.f.13 Wald chi square value:35.034 (p < 0.001); Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness of fit test: 0.456]. Model 1: mother’s occupation, owner radio/TV, colostrum feeding, advice, and prelacteal feeding. [d.f. 5; Wald chi square value; 32.315 (p < 0.000); Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness of fit test: 0.611]. Maternal characteristics examined as control variables included age and education. We also adjusted for sex of child in the analyses

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