Early initiation of breastfeeding, colostrum avoidance, and their associated factors among mothers with under one year old children in rural pastoralist communities of Afar, Northeast Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

Table 3 Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis of independent variables for colostrum avoidance in Afar Regional State, Ethiopia, 2016

Variables	Colostrum avoided		COR (95%CI)	AOR(95%CI)
Variables	No	Yes	COR (95%CI)	AOR(95%CI)
Respondent able to read and write
No	83	255	0.5(0.22,1.54)	0.48(0.03,8.17)
Yes (ref.)	7	43	1	1
Total	90	289
Discussion with TBA on child nutrition
No	13	88	5.92(1.84.19.08)	6.63(1.43,30.63)*
Yes (ref.)	7	8	1
Total	20	96
Number of live births
1	19	43	0.62(0.34,1.13)	0.61(0.09,4.4)
> 1 (ref.)	70	255	1	1
Total	89	298
ANC visit in the last pregnancy
No	70	204	0.61(0.35,1.06)	1.12(0.29,4.37)
Yes (ref.)	20	96	1
Total	90	300
Counseling received on new born care
No	84	268	0.52(0.19,1.37)	0.42(0.05,4.03)
Yes (ref.)	5	31	1
Total	89	299
Presence of health post in the kebele
No	32	74	0.52(0.31,0.87)	0.26(0.07,1.02)
Yes (ref.)	49	219	1
Total	81	293

*=p-value< 0.05, CI Confidence Interval, COR Crude Odds Ratio, AOR Adjusted Odds Ratio

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