Table 7 Association of sociodemographics with EBF practices among employed mothers and housewives
Sociodemographic characteristics | Housewives | Employed mothers | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EBF good practice n (%) | EBF poor practice n (%) | χ2 (P-value) | Confidence interval | EBF good practice n (%) | EBF poor practice n (%) | χ2 (P value) | Confidence interval | |||
Low. Upp | Low. | Upp. | Low. | Upp. | ||||||
Age mean = 28 (18–40) | 30.86 (0.057) | 0.043 | 0.054 | – | – | 39.49 (0.006) * | 0.000 | 0.002 | ||
Highest educational level | 2.12 (0.547) | 0.581 | 0.606 | 1.45 (0.483) | 0.459 | 0.485 | ||||
College level and above | 18 (17) | 5 (20) | 29 (37.2) | 18 (48.6) | ||||||
Secondary level | 52 (49.1) | 9 (36) | 45 (57.7) | 17 (45.9) | ||||||
Primary level | 30 (28.3) | 8 (32) | 4 (5.1) | 2 (5.4) | ||||||
Never gone to school | 6 (5.7) | 3 (12) | – | – | ||||||
Marital status | 1.35 (0.51) | 0.540 | 0.566 | 1.27 (0.529) | 0.560 | 0.585 | ||||
Married | 72 (67.9) | 14 (56) | 38 (48.7) | 15 (40.5) | ||||||
Divorced/Widow | 11 (10.4) | 4 (16) | 4 (5.1) | 1 (2.7) | ||||||
Single | 23 (21.7) | 7 (28) | 36 (46.2) | 21 (56.8) | ||||||
Religion | 3.32 (0.069) | – | – | 0.01 (0.914) | – | – | ||||
Christian | 55 (51.9) | 18 (72) | 43 (55.1) | 20 (54.1) | ||||||
Muslim | 51 (48.1) | 7 (28) | 35 (44.9) | 17 (45.9) | ||||||
Place of delivery | 0.09 (0.76) | – | – | 0.013 (0.91) | – | – | ||||
Health facility | 73 (68.9) | 18 (72) | 54 (69.2) | 26 (70.3) | ||||||
Home | 33 (31.1) | 7 (28) | 24 (30.8) | 11 (29.7) | ||||||
Type of delivery | 0.16 (0.693) | – | – | 1.85 (0.173) | – | – | ||||
Normal | 90 (84.9) | 22 (88) | 60 (76.9) | 24 (64.9) | ||||||
Caesarian section | 16 (15.1) | 3 (12) | 18 (23.1) | 13 (35.1) | ||||||
Gravidity | 1.31 (0.253) | – | – | 2.95 (0.086) | – | – | ||||
Multipara | 76 (71.7) | 15 (60) | 53 (67.9) | 19 (51.4) | ||||||
Prime para | 30 (28.3) | 10 (40) | 25 (32.1) | 18 (48.6) | ||||||