Correlates | Late initiation (more than 1 h) n = 1,482 | Short Breastfeeding (more than 6 months) n = 926 | ||
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Frequency (%) | OR | Frequency (%) | OR | |
Type of residence | ||||
Urban | 767 (53.9%) | 1.22 | 586 (41.2%) | 2.64 |
Rural | 795(49.0%) | Ref | 340 (21.0%) | Ref |
Socio-economic status | ||||
High | 823(54.5%) | 1.29 | 651 (43.1%) | 3.46 |
Low | 739(48.2%) | Ref | 275 (17.9%) | Ref |
Maternal educational attainment | ||||
Higher | 458(56.0%) | 1.37 | 404 (49.4%) | 4.79 |
Secondary | 643(50.6%) | 1.11 | 360 (28.4%) | 1.94 |
No formal education/primary | 461(48.2%) | Ref | 162 (17.0%) | Ref |
Maternal employment | ||||
working all-year | 410 (49.8%) | 1.01* | 334 (40.9%) | 1.91 |
working seasonal occasional | 314 (57.8%) | 1.36 | 145 (26.6%) | 1.00* |
not working | 838 (50.2%) | Ref | 447 (26.6%) | Ref |
Current marital status | ||||
Single/widowed/not living together | 72 (58.1%) | 1.33 | 55 (44.4%) | 1.88 |
Married | 1,490 (51.0%) | Ref | 871 (29.8%) | Ref |
Parity | ||||
Primiparous | 296 (61.2%) | 1.7 | 303 (39.8%) | 1.76 |
Multiparous | 1,186 (48.0%) | Ref | 623 (27.3%) | Ref |
Type of delivery | ||||
Normal vaginal | 1,396 (49.7%) | 2.61 | 106 (53.7%) | 2.91 |
Cesarean | 165 (72.1%) | Ref | 2008 (28.5%) | Ref |
Maternal age of delivery | Mean (±SD) | Mean (±SD) | ||
28.0$ (±6.4) | 1* | 28.4@ (±6.4) | 0.99 |