Table 2 Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis of independent variables for early initiation of breastfeeding in Afar Regional State, Ethiopia, 2016
Variables | Timely breastfeeding initiation | COR (95%CI) | AOR(95%CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | |||
Husband attended any school | ||||
 No | 123 | 198 | 0.62(0.35,1.11) | 1.09(0.39,3.10) |
 Yes (ref.) | 19 | 49 | 1 | 1 |
 Total | 142 | 247 |  |  |
Respondent able to read and write | ||||
 No | 128 | 210 | 0.52(0.26,1.03) | 0.61(0.228,1.61) |
 Yes (ref.) | 12 | 38 | 1 | 1 |
 Total | 140 | 248 |  |  |
Presence of health post in the kebele | ||||
 No | 32 | 75 | 1.47(0.91,2.38) | 1.92(0.14,26.84) |
 Yes (ref.) | 103 | 164 | 1 | 1 |
 Total | 135 | 239 |  |  |
Time to reach health post | ||||
  < =30 min | 72 | 95 | 0.49(0.266,0.92) | 0.56(0.24,1.29) |
 30–60 min | 6 | 12 | 0.75(0.25,2.29) | 0.51(0.13,1.99) |
  > 60 min(ref.) | 18 | 48 | 1 | 1 |
 Total | 96 | 155 |  |  |
Respondent visited HP during the last year | ||||
 No | 72 | 155 | 1.48(0.96,2.28) | 1.83(0.92,3.61) |
 Yes (ref.) | 59 | 86 | 1 | 1 |
 Total | 131 | 241 |  |  |
Trust nurses on providing pregnancy care | ||||
 I always trust them | 48 | 58 | 0.40(0.23,0.69) | 2.98(0.43,20.82) |
 I sometimes trust them | 23 | 46 | 0.67(0.35,1.26) | 5.59(1.05,29.81)* |
 I don’t trust them(ref.) | 33 | 99 | 1 | 1 |
 Total | 104 | 203 |  |  |
ANC visit in the last pregnancy | ||||
 No | 102 | 172 | 0.89(0.56,1.40) | 1.12(0.29,4.37) |
 Yes (ref.) | 40 | 76 | 1 | 1 |
 Total | 142 | 248 |  |  |
Place of delivery | ||||
 At home | 131 | 214 | 0.53(0.26,1.08) | 0.59(0.16, 2.27) |
 At health institution (ref.) | 11 | 34 | 1 | 1 |
 Total | 142 | 248 |  |  |
Delivery attended by who | ||||
 Skilled attendant | 11 | 36 | 2.03(0.99,4.14) | 4.75(1.71,13.19)* |
 Other (ref.) | 128 | 206 | 1 | 1 |
 Total | 139 | 242 |  |  |