Magnitude of Prelacteal Feeding and Its Associated Factors among Mothers Having Children Less than One Year of Age: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Rural Eastern Zone, Tigray, Ethiopia
Table 3
Factors associated with the prelacteal feeding practice among mothers with children aged less than 12 months in the rural eastern Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018.
Variable
Prelacteal feeding
COR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
value
Yes
No
Number of ANC visit
1
1
5
0.64 (0.07–5.52)
0.62 (0.07, 5.55)
0.667
2-3
50
123
1.30 (0.89–1.89)
1.43 (0.965, 2.122)
0.075
≥4
147
470
1
1
Parity
Primi
60
139
1.46 (1.02–2.08)
1.52 (1.04, 2.23)
0.032
Multipara
138
466
1
1
Complication during pregnancy
0.235
Yes
20
30
2.15 (1.19–3.89)
0.52 (0.18, 1.53)
No
178
575
1
1
Sex of children
0.082
Male
126
329
1.47 (1.06, 2.04)
1.37 (0.96, 1.95)
Female
72
276
1
1
Early initiation of breastfeeding
Yes
93
394
1
1
No
89
211
1.787 (1.28–2.49)
1.83 (1.30, 2.59)
0.001
Colostrum discard
Yes
49
118
1.57 (1.06, 2.33)
0.026
No
133
487
1.52 (1.03, 2.23)
1
∗Statistically significant on multivariate logistic regression analysis at a P value of 0.05.
