Exclusive Breastfeeding and Associated Factors among Mothers with Twins in the Tamale Metropolis

Table 5

Determinants of exclusive breastfeeding at 6 months ().

Variable	Odds ratio	p-value	95% CI
Ownership of radio
No	0.13	0.027	0.02–0.79
Yes	Reference
Decision to EBF after delivery
No	2.93	0.104	0.80–10.73
Yes	Reference
Employment status
Unemployed	1.29	0.737	0.29–5.67
Employed	Reference
Breastfeeding education
No	1.12	0.865	0.30–4.26
Yes	Reference
Confident of producing enough milk
No	0.17	0.017	0.04–0.73
Yes	Reference
Initiation of breastfeeding
<30 mins	3.64	0.418	0.16–82.96
30–1 hr	Reference
1–24 hrs	1.87	0.451	0.37–9.51
>1 day	1.16	0.874	0.18–7.55
Perceived onset of lactation
1 day	1.48	0.674	0.24–9.22
2 days	Reference
3 days	0.25	0.151	0.06–1.56
>3 days	0.51	0.467	0.03–5.17
Suckling ability at birth
Poor	0.67	0.565	0.17–2.63
Normal	Reference
Admission into NICU
No	0.29	0.088	0.07–1.20
Yes (Ref)

No. of obs. = 185, LR Chi2 (11) = 17.98, Prob. > Chi2 = 0.0821, Pseudo R2 = 0.1972, Ref: Reference category; CI: Confidence Interval; .