Table 1 Characteristics of children under six months of age in Gambia, GDHS, 2019-20 (N = 897)
Variables | EBF prevalence | Total, n (%) Weighted | 95% CI | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No, n (%) | Yes, n (%) | Â | Â | |||
Age of infant | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
|  | 0–1 month | 79(25.21) | 236(74.79) | 315(35.13) |  |  |
|  | 2–3 months | 123(43.26) | 161(56.74) | 284(31.73) | 0.45(0.32,0.63) | 0.0001 |
|  | 4–5 months | 213(71.76) | 84(28.24) | 297(33.14) | 0.13(0.08,0.18) | 0.0001 |
Sex of infant | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
| Â | Male | 218(48.05) | 236(51.95) | 454(50.63) | Â | Â |
| Â | Female | 197(44.64) | 246(55.36) | 443(49.37) | 0.77,1.27) | 0.940 |
Birth order | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
| Â | First | 95(50.28) | 94(49.72) | 189(21.08) | Â | Â |
|  | 2–3 | 153(48.77) | 161(51.23) | 314(35.01) | 1.03(0.73,1.45) | 0.886 |
| Â | = >4 | 168(42.57) | 226(57.43) | 394(43.91) | 1.29(0.93,1.79) | 0.123 |
Breastfeeding initiation time | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
| Â | Immediately after birth | 132(44.40) | 165(55.60) | 297(33.35) | Â | Â |
| Â | Within hours | 243(45.26) | 294(54.74) | 538(60.36) | 0.99(0.76, 1.29) | 0.954 |
| Â | Within days | 35(62.05) | 21(37.95) | 56(6.29) | 0.62(0.35,1.10) | 0.2103 |
The child had experienced a fever | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
| Â | No | 338(81.32) | 78(18.68) | 416(46.37) | Â | Â |
| Â | Yes | 433(90.06) | 48(9.94) | 481(53.63) | 0.52(0.37,0.72) | 0.0001 |
The child had experienced diarrhea | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
| Â | No | 327(78.65) | 89(21.35) | 416(46.37) | Â | Â |
| Â | Yes | 422(87.68) | 59(12.32) | 481(53.37) | 0.58(0.41,0.81) | 0.001 |
Birth weight | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
| Â | Very large | 59(42.61) | 80(57.39) | 139(15.47) | 1.02(0.71,1.46) | 0.930 |
| Â | Larger than average | 99(47.29) | 110(52.71) | 209(23.36) | 0.83(0.58,1.12) | 0.192 |
| Â | Average | 168(43.63) | 216(56.37) | 384(42.83) | Â | Â |
| Â | Smaller than average | 60(56.44) | 46(43.56) | 106(11.86) | 0.81(0.53,1.22) | 0.305 |
| Â | Very small | 27(50.62) | 27(49.38) | 54(6.01) | 0.68(0.39, 1.15) | 0.152 |
|  | Don’t know | 2.7(64.29) | 1.5(35.71) | 4.2(0.47) | 1.32(0.12,14.61) | 0.823 |
Child ever drunk anything from a bottle with a nipple | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
| Â | No | 280(67.26) | 136(32.74) | 416(46.37) | Â | Â |
| Â | Yes | 466(96.83) | 15(3.17) | 487(53.63) | 0.06(0.038,0.11) | 0.0001 |