Table 3 Duration of latency period of PROM and odds of early initiation of breastfeeding labor in relation to other confounding variables in selected public hospitals, Southern Ethiopia, 2017

 Non-educated

0.121 (0.051, 0.283)

0.265 (0.100, 0.700)

 Read and write

0.485 (0.189, 1.242)

0.889 (0.373, 2.119)

 Grade 1–6

0.336 (0.164, 0.689)

1.620 (0.483, 5.440)

 Grdae 7–8

0.365 (0.162, 0.824)

0.517 (0.205, 1.300))

 Grade 9–12

0.735 (0.312, 1.730)

1.142 (0.426, 3.058

 Above grade 12

1

1

 Urban

1

1

 Rural

0.084 (0.045, 0.156)

0.112 (0.055, 0.225)

 Short

3.715 (2.260, 6.106)

4.169 (1.933, 8.991)

 Prolonged

1

1

 Yes

0.517 (0.232, 1.149)

0.879 (0.319, 2.423)

 No

1

1

 Very poor

1

1

 Poor

9.128 (4.214, 19.771)

1.978 (0.859, 4.556)

 Rich

3.636 (1.839, 7.186)

1.729 (0.746, 4.005)

 Medium

3.370 (1.714, 6.624)

1.422 (0.637, 3.175)

 Very rich

2.554 (1.311, 4.977)

3.635 (1.401, 9.434)

 Spontaneous

0.712 (0.426, 0.993)

1.238 (0.535, 2.865)

 Induction

1

1

  > =2500 g

0.152 (0.056, 0.413)

0.419 (0.101, 1.743)

  < 2500 g

1

1

  < 24 h

0.689 (0.411, 0.957)

1.300 (0.553, 3.057)

  > =24 h

1

1

 Not prepared

0.440 (0.185, 0.993)

1.187 (0.270, 5.219)

 Prepared

1

1