Association between Breastfeeding Duration and Type of Birth Attendant

Table 4

Association between healthcare provider at birth and exclusive breastfeeding duration.

	Unadjusted COR (95% CI)		Parsimonious model
			AOR (95% CI)
	Breastfed < 6 months	Breastfed ≥ 6 months	Breastfed < 6 months	Breastfed ≥ 6 months
Family or other physicians	1.19 (0.71–1.99)	1.30 (0.54–3.16)	1.13 (0.65–1.98)	1.30 (0.51–3.31)
Midwife/nurse midwife	4.01 (2.13–7.55)	9.96 (4.78–20.75)	3.11 (1.62–5.98)	6.65 (3.05–14.50)
Obstetrician	Reference

COR = crude odd ratio; CI = confidence interval; AOR = adjusted odd ratio. Note. Bold estimates are significant. Never breastfeeding is the reference category. arsimonious model controlling for marital status, income, age, mode of delivery, prenatal WIC participation, and postpartum WIC participation.