Table 3 Multiple Linear Regression of Father’s Co-residence on Intermediate Variables: Breastfeeding Family Support and Decision-Making Power (N = 452)
From: Exclusive breastfeeding in rural Western China: does father’s co-residence matter?
Dependent variables | (1) Practical support | (2) Emotional support | (3) Index of maternal decision making power | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coefficient (95%CI) | P Value | Coefficient (95%CI) | P Value | Coefficient (95%CI) | P Valve | |
Father’s co-residence (1 = yes) | 0.109 (−0.023–0.241) | 0.105 | 0.011 (−0.068–0.090) | 0.791 | − 0.196(− 0.339- -0.053) | 0.007 |
Infants’ characteristics | ||||||
Infants’ gender (1 = male) | −0.018 (− 0.145–0.110) | 0.784 | 0.003 (− 0.073–0.080) | 0.931 | −0.012 (− 0.150–0.126) | 0.861 |
Infants’ age (day) | −0.001 (− 0.003 --0.000) | 0.026 | −0.001 (− 0.001–0.000) | 0.151 | 0.002 (0.000–0.003) | 0.010 |
Caesarean section (1 = yes) | − 0.022 (− 0.151–0.107) | 0.737 | 0.025 (− 0.052–0.103) | 0.519 | −0.160 (− 0.300- -0.020) | 0.025 |
Small for gestational age (1 = yes) | −0.183 (− 0.494–0.128) | 0.248 | −0.063 (− 0.248–0.123) | 0.508 | −0.252 (− 0.588–0.084) | 0.142 |
Preterm (1 = yes) | − 0.059 (− 0.262–0.380) | 0.718 | −0.102 (− 0.090–0.294) | 0.296 | 0.023 (− 0.370–0.325) | 0.898 |
Maternal and family characteristics | ||||||
Maternal age | 0.000 (− 0.016–0.016) | 0.962 | −0.005 (− 0.014–0.005) | 0.329 | 0.000 (− 0.017–0.018) | 0.956 |
Maternal education (Primary school and below as reference) | ||||||
Junior high school | 0.101 (− 0.078–0.281) | 0.268 | 0.017 (− 0.091–0.124) | 0.763 | −0.049 (− 0.244–0.145) | 0.618 |
Senior high school and above | 0.204 (− 0.009–0.417) | 0.061 | 0.021 (− 0.107–0.148) | 0.751 | −0.020 (− 0.250–0.211) | 0.865 |
Maternal nutrition and health knowledge | 0.057 (0.010–0.103) | 0.017 | 0.039 (0.012–0.067) | 0.005 | 0.023 (−0.027–0.073) | 0.362 |
Number of siblings | −0.071 (− 0.194–0.051) | 0.254 | −0.009 (− 0.083–0.064) | 0.805 | 0.197 (0.064–0.330) | 0.004 |
Family asset index | − 0.017 (− 0.084–0.051) | 0.624 | −0.057 (− 0.097 --0.017) | 0.006 | 0.007 (− 0.066–0.080) | 0.851 |