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 | |||
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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 |