Exclusive Breastfeeding Knowledge, Intention to Practice and Predictors among Primiparous Women in Enugu South-East, Nigeria

Table 6

Logistic regression model coefficients on intention of exclusive breastfeeding.

							95% C.I. for EXP(B)
	B	S.E.	Wald	df	p-value	Exp(B)	Lower	Upper
Age	-.094	.042	4.983	1	.026	.911	.839	.989
Educationalattainment			6.176	2	.046
Secondary	1.154	.919	1.577	1	.209	3.171	.523	19.215
Tertiary	1.863	.930	4.012	1	.045	6.444	1.041	39.902
Workingstatus (Not working)	.360	.439	.675	1	.411	1.434	.607	3.388
Residence (Urban)	.139	.398	.122	1	.727	1.149	.527	2.507
EBF knowledge score	.191	.079	5.857	1	.016	1.210	1.037	1.413
EBF knowledge sources	.273	.123	4.896	1	.027	1.314	1.032	1.673
Constant	-.647	1.370	.223	1	.637	.524

Predictors: age, educational attainment, working status, residence, EBF knowledge & EBF sources of information.
Variable type used: numeric (age, EBF knowledge score, & sources of information); categorical (education, working status, & residence).
Reference category: education ( primary); working status (working); residence (rural).