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Table 3 Results of logistic regression models assessing relationships among socioeconomic variables and the introduction of non-breastmilk foods before 60 days

From: Associations of land, cattle and food security with infant feeding practices among a rural population living in Manyara, Tanzania

 

Introduction of non-breastmilk foods < 60 days

 

Any food

Animal milk

Grains

Female

0.640

1.196

0.683

 

[0.357,1.149]

[0.678,2.108]

[0.373,1.250]

First born

0.501

0.731

0.664

 

[0.205,1.227]

[0.300,1.778]

[0.250,1.765]

Income

0.999

0.999

0.982 *

 

[0.991,1.007]

[0.991,1.007]

[0.966,0.998]

Sanitation score

1.141 *

1.106 +

1.098

 

[1.014,1.284]

[0.986,1.241]

[0.970,1.244]

Assets

0.955

0.913

0.745 *

 

[0.799,1.142]

[0.766,1.090]

[0.601,0.923]

Own cattle

1.429

1.932 *

0.840

 

[0.757,2.698]

[1.047,3.566]

[0.438,1.613]

Own > 3 acres of land

0.640

0.699

0.584

 

[0.342,1.195]

[0.343,1.427]

[0.301,1.134]

Any food insecurity

0.636

0.387 *

0.611

 

[0.342,1.182]

[0.175,0.859]

[0.311,1.200]

Own land + food insecure

a

2.907 +

a

  

[0.841,10.04]

 

Observations

242

224

236

  1. Exponentiated coefficients; 95% confidence intervals in brackets
  2. *p < 0.05, +p < 0.10
  3. aInteraction variables were not included because differences in marginal probabilities were not significant and did not improve the model fit