Exclusive Breastfeeding and Its Determinants in Yaoundé, Cameroon: A Retrospective Survival Analysis

Table 4

Final Cox proportional hazard model with factors affecting duration of exclusive breastfeeding in Yaoundé, Cameroon.

Term	Hazard ratio	95% CI	Coefficient ()	S.E	-statistic	-value
Tertiary/basic education	1.43	1.11-1.84	0.3586	0.1844	2.78	0.005
Married/not married	0.70	0.55-0.89	-0.3525	0.8479	-2.92	0.003
Employed/unemployed	1.12	0.85-1.48	0.1143	0.1607	0.80	0.425

Abbreviations: 95% CI: confidence interval; SE: standard error; P: value (statistical significance). Note: Marital status was negatively correlated to EBF practices (Coef = -0.353) as represented in Table 4.