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Table 3 Breast milk feeding practice right after birth and associated factors

From: The impact of mobile phone based messages on maternal and child healthcare behaviour: a retrospective cross-sectional survey in Bangladesh

Variables

Fed breast milk after birth (N = 476)

Yes

No

OR (95% CI)

n (%)

n (%)

Exposure to intervention

 No a

245 (92%)

21 (8%)

1.0

 Yes

198 (94%)

12 (6%)

1.1 (0.51–2.5)

Age

  < 25 a

253 (91%)

24 (9%)

1.0

 25 or more

190 (96%)

9 (4%)

1.5 (0.54–3.6)

Education

 No or primary education

173 (93%)

13 (7%)

0.93 (0.32–2.6)

 Junior secondary

140 (92%)

12 (8%)

0.76 (0.27–2.1)

 Secondary a

130 (94%)

8 (6%)

1.0

Income

  < 10,000BDT a

204 (92%)

19 (8%)

1.0

 10,000 BDT or above

239 (96%)

14 (5%)

1.9 (0.86–4.4)

Birth Order

 1

186/203 (92%)

17/203 (8%)

0.32 (0.07–1.4)

 2

165/178 (93%)

13/178 (7%)

0.38 (0.09–1.5)

 3 or more a

92/95 (97%)

3/95 (3%)

1.0

Residence

 Rural a

196/215 (91%)

19/215 (9%)

1.0

 Urban

247/261 (95%)

14/261 (5%)

1.3 (0.56–2.9)

District

 District A + D

120/123 (98%)

3/123 (2%)

9.6 (2.4–37.6) **

 District B a

98/116 (85%)

18/116 (15%)

1.0

 District C

111/115 (96%)

4/115 (4%)

5.6 (1.7–18.3) **

 District E

114/122 (93%)

8/122 (7%)

3.6 (1.4–9.4) *

Facility based delivery

 No a

157/169 (93%)

12/169 (7%)

1.0

 Yes

286/307 (93%)

21/307 (7%)

1.4 (0.63–3.5)

  1. ano-exposure to intervention, age 25 years or less, secondary education, income below 10,000 BDT, birth order 3 or more, rural residence and district B and delivery not at health facility are reference category and OR is expressed as 1.0. Significance is expressed as * when p < 0.05 and ** at p < 0.005. As all women in one district breastfed within 1 h of birth, this district had been combined with another for this analysis (A + D)
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