Table 3 Factors associated with colostrum avoidance among primipara mothers having infants less than 6 months in Bahir Dar City, North west Ethiopia, 2016
Colostrum Avoidance | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | COR (95%CI) | AOR (95%CI) | P-value | |
Variable | (N & %) | (N& %) | |||
Marital status | |||||
Married | 25 (7.2) | 320 (92.8) | 1 | ||
Unmarried | 10 (18.9) | 43 (81.1) | 2.98 (1.34,6.62) | 4.52 (1.13,18.16) | 0.033* |
Maternal occupation | |||||
Unemployed | 21 (7.1) | 273 (92.9) | 1 | ||
Employed | 14 (13.5) | 90 (86.5) | 2.02 (0.987,4.4) | 3.46 (1.15,10.51) | 0.027* |
Mother’s education | |||||
Uneducated | 29 (11.6) | 222 (88.4) | 3.07 (1.24,7.58) | 0.28 (0.067,1.13) | .074 |
Educated | 6 (4.1) | 141 (95.9) | 1 | ||
Father’s education | |||||
Uneducated | 21 (13.6) | 133 (86.4) | 2.84 (1.30,6.24) | 0.21 (0.07,.67) | 0.09 |
Educated | 10 (5.3) | 180 (94.7) | 1 | ||
Number of ANC follow up visits | |||||
< 3visits | 12 (9.1) | 120 (90.9) | 1.81 (0.788,4.5) | 0.93 (0.30,2.85) | 0.894 |
≥ 4visits | 12 (5.2) | 217 (94.8) | 1 | ||
Mode of delivery | |||||
Normal/vaginal | 18 (5.5) | 309 (94.5) | 1 | ||
C/S | 17 (23.9) | 54 (76.1) | 5.4 (2.62,11.14) | 5.20 (1.87,20.90) | 0.003* |
Early initiation of breast feeding | |||||
Yes | 14 (5.4) | 245 (94.6) | 1 | ||
No | 21 (15.1) | 118 (84.9) | 3.11 (1.53,6.34) | 2.79 (0.96,8.16) | 0.05* |
Household income | |||||
< 1500 birr | 15 (42.9) | 20 (57.1) | 12.86 (5.74,28.8) | 0.07 (0.02,0.35) | 0.10 |
> 1500 birr | 20 (5.5) | 343 (94.5) | |||