Factors associated with duration of breastfeeding in Bangladesh: evidence from Bangladesh demographic and health survey 2014

Table 3 Effect of socio-demographic and anthropometric factors on duration of breastfeeding

Predictors	B	SE	p-value	95% CI for B		VIF
Predictors	B	SE	p-value	Lower	Upper	VIF
Demographic and health related variable
Antenatal care visit, No Vs Yes^R	1.307	0.348	0.001	0.625	1.989	1.240
Mode of delivery, Vaginal Vs Caesarian^R	0.260	0.433	0.548	−0.589	1.110	2.025
Place of delivery, Home Vs Hospital/Clinic	0.318	0.386	0.410	−0.439	1.076	2.133
Mothers’ age at first birth	−0.637	0.061	0.001	−0.757	−0.516	2.301
Total children ever born	−1.962	0.186	0.001	−2.328	−1.597	4.226
Mothers’ age	0.660	0.047	0.001	0.568	0.752	4.355
Socio-economic variable
Mothers’ educational level	0.331	0.207	0.109	−0.073	0.736	1.874
Fathers’ educational level	−0.268	0.174	0.123	−0.610	0.073	1.844
Mothers’ occupation, Working outside of house Vs Housewife^R	1.240	0.310	0.001	0.632	1.848	1.064
Division
Barisal Vs Dhaka^R	0.972	0.496	0.049	−0.001	1.945	1.530
Chittagong Vs Dhaka^R	0.647	0.433	0.136	−0.203	1.496	1.736
Khulna Vs Dhaka^R	1.305	0.494	0.008	0.337	2.273	1.538
Rajshahi Vs Dhaka^R	0.579	0.486	0.233	−0.374	1.533	1.533
Rangpur Vs Dhaka^R	1.823	0.488	0.001	0.865	2.781	1.578
Sylhet Vs Dhaka^R	1.951	0.476	0.001	1.018	2.883	1.708
Religion, Muslim Vs Non-Muslim^R	0.707	0.477	0.139	−0.229	1.642	1.031
Wealth Index	−0.050	0.183	0.786	−0.409	0.309	1.630
Anthropometric variable
Mothers’ body mass index	0.060	0.036	0.094	−0.010	0.130	1.223
R²-value = 0.779

N.B. B: Regression coefficients, SE Standard error, CI Confidence interval, VIF Variation inflation factor, R Reference case

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