Socio-demographic determinants of early initiation of breastfeeding and exclusive breastfeeding among children
| Sociodemographic variables | Early initiation of breastfeeding | Exclusive breastfeeding | ||||
| N (%) | Estimate (95% CI) | P value | N (%) | Estimate (95% CI) | P value | |
| Age of the children | ||||||
| 0–1 months | 22 (86.6) | 1 | ||||
| 2–3 months | – | – | 28 (63.6) | 0.71 (0.53, 0.95) | 0.02 | |
| 4–5 months | 31 (49.2) | 0.51 (0.38, 0.68) | <0.001 | |||
| Age of the children | ||||||
| 0–5 months | 101 (75.9) | 1 | ||||
| 6–11 months | 106 (67.1) | 0.88 (0.76, 1.02) | 0.08 | – | – | |
| 12–17 months | 74 (62.7) | 0.81 (0.69, 0.96) | 0.02 | |||
| 18–23 months | 92 (76.0) | 1.00 (0.87, 1.15) | 0.95 | |||
| Sex of the children | ||||||
| Male | 195 (71.4) | – | 50 (87.6) | 1 | ||
| Female | 178 (69.3) | 31 (52.5) | 0.91 (0.70, 1.18) | 0.46 | ||
| Mother’s education | ||||||
| Primary and Below | 218 (72.2) | – | 50 (68.5) | 1 | ||
| Secondary or higher | 155 (68.0) | 31 (51.7) | 0.74 (0.56, 0.98) | 0.04 | ||
| Mother’s nutritional status | ||||||
| Underweight | 50 (82.0) | 1 | 6 (60.0) | |||
| Normal | 207 (69.5) | 0.84 (0.73, 0.96) | 0.01 | 46 (63.0) | – | |
| Overweight | 116 (67.8) | 0.82 (0.70, 0.95) | 0.01 | 29 (58.0) | ||
| Father’s occupation | ||||||
| Labourer | 199 (70.6) | – | 45 (72.6) | 1 | ||
| Businessmen/service holder | 174 (70.2) | 36 (50.7) | 0.80 (0.60, 1.08) | 0.15 | ||
| Household income | ||||||
| Low | 194 (73.2) | 1 | 44 (69.8) | 1 | ||
| High | 179 (67.5) | 0.89 (0.78, 1.02) | 0.1 | 37 (52.9) | 0.95 (0.71, 1.26) | 0.71 |
| Household food insecurity | ||||||
| Food secured | 86 (76.1) | 1 | 19 (47.5) | 1 | ||
| Food insecure | 287 (68.8) | 0.86 (0.74, 1.01) | 0.06 | 62 (66.7) | 1.16 (0.78, 1.72) | 0.47 |
| Maternal pregnancy complications | ||||||
| Yes | 73 (59.3) | 1 | 17 (50.0) | 1 | ||
| No | 300 (73.7) | 1.21 (1.04, 1.42) | 0.02 | 64 (64.6) | 1.24 (0.90, 1.70) | 0.19 |