Table 2 Characteristics of mother-infant pairs in Ethiopia, EDHS 2016 (n = 1034)
Variables | Exclusive BF | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | No | Yes | ||
n (%) | n (wt.%) | n (wt.%) | ||
Sex of infant | ||||
Male | 512 (49.2) | 59 (54.7) | 453 (48.4) | 0.356 |
Female | 522 (50.8) | 51 (45.3) | 471 (51.6) | |
Ever vaccinated | ||||
No | 445 (49.6) | 39 (40.2) | 406 (50.9) | 0.114 |
Yes | 589 (50.4) | 71 (59.8) | 518 (49.1) | |
Toilet facility | ||||
Open defecation | 459 (38.0) | 51 (31.8) | 408 (38.8) | 0.556 |
Unimproved facility | 401 (53.2) | 45 (56.1) | 356 (52.8) | |
Improved facility | 174 (8.8) | 14 (12.1) | 160 (8.4) | |
Drinking water source | ||||
Improved | 624 (54.1) | 60 (49.7) | 564 (54.7) | 0.476 |
Unimproved | 410 (45.9) | 50 (50.3) | 360 (45.3) | |
ANC visit | ||||
No visit | 336 (34.5) | 52 (49.3) | 284 (32.4) | 0.049 |
1–3 visits | 341 (34.2) | 28 (22.2) | 313 (35.9) | |
≥ 4 visits | 357 (31.3) | 30 (28.5) | 327 (31.7) | |
Place of delivery | ||||
Home | 604 (63.4) | 80 (75.7) | 524 (61.7) | 0.037 |
Health institution | 430 (36.6) | 30 (24.3) | 400 (38.3) | |
Mode of delivery | ||||
Vaginal | 996(97.0) | 103 (95.4) | 893 (97.3) | 0.368 |
Cesarean | 38 (3.0) | 7 (4.6) | 31 (2.7) | |
Currently breastfeeding | ||||
No | 45 (4.7) | 5 (7.0) | 40 (4.4) | 0.383 |
Yes | 989 (95.3) | 105 (93.0) | 884 (95.6) | |
Time of initiation of breastfeeding | ||||
≤ 1 h | 716 (73.0) | 69 (70.7) | 647 (73.4) | 0.715 |
> 1 h | 304 (27.0) | 39 (29.3) | 265 (26.6) | |
Given anything other than breast milk | ||||
No | 858 (93.1) | 76 (88.3) | 782 (93.8) | 0.068 |
Yes | 162 (6.9) | 32 (11.7) | 130 (6.2) | |
Bottle feeding | ||||
No | 920 (91.4) | 86 (76.9) | 834 (93.4) | < 0.001 |
Yes | 114 (8.6) | 24 (23.1) | 90 (6.6) | |