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Table 4 Factors associated with pre-lacteal feeding practices among mothers having children less than 24 months of age in Sodo Zuria district, southern Ethiopia, 2017[n = 495]

From: Prelacteal feeding practice and its associated factors among mothers of children age less than 24 months old in Southern Ethiopia

Variables

Pre-lacteal feeding given

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

Yes

No

Family type

 Nuclear family

366 (83.37%)

73 (16.63%)

1.00

1.00

 Single parent family

13 (68.4%)

6 (31.6%)

1.615 (0.255,10.22)6)

0.513 (0.044,5.977)

 Extended family

21 (75%)

7 (25%)

10.5 (1.754,62.839)

10.644 (1.05,10.713)*

 Others

2 (22.2%)

7 (77.8)

0.698 (0.14,3.428)

1.293 (0.144,11.604)

Counseling on Breastfeeding

 Yes

73 (16.7%)

362 (83.3%)

1.00

1.00

 No

12 (57%)

9 (43%)

6.612 (2.688,16.26)

5.164 (1.763,15.127)*

Place of delivery

 Governmental Health facility

67 (17.1%)

324 (82.9%)

1.00

1.00

 At home

35 (33.6%)

69 (66.4%)

.408 (0.251, 0.662)

.747 (.342,1.631)

Person delivered

 Health professionals

73 (17.4%)

346 (82.6%)

1.00

1.00

 TBAs

29 (38.15%)

47 (61.85%)

.342 (.202,.579)

.871 (.331,2.291)

Mothers knows the risk of Pre lacteal feeding

 Yes

60 (15.2%)

333 (84.8%)

1

1

 No

26 (25.4%)

76 (74.6%)

.527 (.312,.889)

.664 (.281,1.569)

Mother Avoids colostrum

 Yes

75 (21.2%)

378 (78.8%)

1.00

1.00

 No

27 (62.7%)

15 (37.3%)

9.072 (4.605,17.872)

9.715 (3.457,27.303)*

  1. *Significant at p-value ≤ 0.05