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Table 2 Multiple Logistic Regression of Father’s Co-residence on Exclusive Breastfeeding (N = 452)

From: Exclusive breastfeeding in rural Western China: does father’s co-residence matter?

Dependent variable: exclusive breastfeeding

(1) Fathers’ co-residence

(2) Fathers’ involvement when co-reside

(3) “Crowd out” effect

OR (95%CI)

P Value

OR (95%CI)

P Value

OR (95%CI)

P Value

 Father’s co-residence (1 = yes)

0.413 (0.227–0.750)

0.004

  

0.395 (0.216–0.724)

0.003

  Father functions as secondary caregiver

  

0.397 (0.173–0.912)

0.029

  

  Father not functions as secondary caregiver

  

0.423 (0.211–0.848)

0.015

  

 Grandmother functions as secondary caregiver

    

0.752 (0.413–1.370)

0.351

Infants’ characteristics

 Infants’ gender (1 = male)

1.140 (0.643–2.023)

0.654

1.139 (0.642–2.021)

0.657

1.153 (0.649–2.050)

0.628

 Infants’ age (day)

0.994 (0.988–1.000)

0.046

0.994 (0.988–1.000)

0.045

0.994 (0.998–1.000)

0.048

 Caesarean section (1 = yes)

0.682 (0.375–1.242)

0.211

0.683 (0.375–1.244)

0.213

0.663 (0.363–1.212)

0.182

 Small for gestational age (1 = yes)

2.244 (0.548–9.186)

0.261

2.240 (0.547–9.178)

0.262

2.390 (0.581–9.843)

0.227

 Preterm (1 = yes)

0.295 (0.051–1.720)

0.175

0.298 (0.051–1.751)

0.180

0.271 (0.046–1.595)

0.149

Maternal and family characteristics

 Maternal age

0.960 (0.887–1.040)

0.317

0.961 (0.887–1.042)

0.335

0.952 (0.877–1.033)

0.235

 Maternal education (Primary school and below as reference)

  Junior high school

0.795 (0.361–1.752)

0.570

0.798 (0.361–1.761)

0.576

0.799 (0.363–1.757)

0.576

  Senior high school and above

0.640 (0.253–1.619)

0.346

0.641 (0.253–1.624)

0.348

0.644 (0.254–1.633)

0.354

 Maternal nutrition and health knowledge

1.447 (1.173–1.785)

0.001

1.448 (1.173–1.788)

0.001

1.431 (1.159–1.768)

0.001

 Number of siblings

1.363 (0.792–2.345)

0.264

1.362 (0.791–2.344)

0.265

1.347 (0.783–2.319)

0.282

 Family asset index

1.149 (0.839–1.573)

0.386

1.147 (0.836–1.573)

0.396

1.152 (0.842–1.575)

0.377

  1. All regressions include county fixed effect