Knowledge and Practice of Employed Mothers towards Exclusive Breastfeeding and Its Associated Factors in Mecha District, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 5

The univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis for knowledge of employed mothers in Mecha district, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 429).

Variables	Category	Poor knowledge (n = 37)	Good knowledge (n = 392)	COR (95 % CI)	AOR (95 % CI)	value for COR/AOR
First baby	No	19	183	0.83 (0.42, 1.63)	0.87 (0.21, 3.62)	0.07/0.61
	Yes	18	209	1	1
Age of the mother	<25	12	57	0.50 (0.19, 1.32)	0.94 (0.22, 4.04)	0.16/0.93
	25–35	17	260	1.63 (0.68, 3.92)	1.85 (0.52, 6.57)	0.27/0.34
	>35	8	75	1	1
Educational level	certificate	25	210	0.55 (0.27, 1.13)	1.05 (0.36, 3.10)	0.10/0.93
	Certificate and above	12	182	1	1
Maternity leave	<4 months	22	98	0.23 (0.11, 0.46)	0.75 (0.18, 3.18)	0.00/0.70
	4 months	15	294	1	1
Actual time to return back to work	<4 months	28	135	0.17 (0.08, 0.37)	0.15 (0.04, 0.67)	0.00/0.01
	4 months	9	257	1	1
Have a private place for breastfeeding	No	35	349	0.46 (0.11, 2.06)	0.41 (0.06, 2.72)	0.18/0.36
	Yes	2	43	1	1
Occupation	Government employee	14	261	3.1 (1.55, 6.55)	1.79 (0.48, 6.70)	0.002/0.39
	Private employee	22	132	1	1
Birth at health facilities	No	8	34	0.34 (0.14, 0.81)	1.65 (0.41, 6.67)	0.01/0.39
	Yes	29	358	1	1
Support of the husband	No	17	126	0.56 (0.26, 1.08)	0.66 (0.21, 2.06)	0.09/0.47
	Yes	20	266	1	1
Residence	Urban	19	286	2.56 (1.3, 5.06)	3.1 (1.12, 8.57)	0.007/0.03
	Rural	18	106	1	1
Marital status	Married	27	376	13.9 (0.85, 228.8)	5.6 (1.21, 9.62)	0.06/0.04
	Divorced	9	15	1.67 (0.90, 30.06)	2.77 (0.9, 12.98)	0.73/0.13
	Widowed	1	1	1	1