Table 2 Obstetric and maternal characteristics for the effect of parity on time to initiate complementary feeding among mother-infant pairs in Awi Zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 2023 (N = 2196)
Variable name | Category | Mothers exposure status | Total (%) | X2 P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primipara (N = 732) | Multipara (N = 1464) | ||||||
Event (%) | Censored (%) | Event (%) | Censored (%) | ||||
Parity | Primipara | Not applicable | 732 (33.33) | < 0.001+ | |||
Multipara | 1,464 (66.67) | ||||||
Antenatal care | No | 25 (78.13) | 7 (21.88) | 56 (74.67) | 19 (25.33) | 107 (4.87) | 0.624 |
≤ 3 | 283 (85.24) | 49 (14.76) | 480 (73.39) | 174 (26.61) | 986 (44.90) | ||
≥ 4 | 313 (85.05) | 55 (14.95) | 556 (75.65) | 179 (24.35) | 1,103 (50.23) | ||
Birth preparedness | Yes | 529 (85.74) | 88 (14.26) | 911 (74.79) | 307 (25.21) | 1,835 (83.56) | 0.232 |
No | 92 (80.00) | 23 (20.00) | 181 (73.58) | 65 (26.42) | 361 (16.44) | ||
Birth plan | Yes | 470 (85.92) | 77 (14.08) | 759 (74.70) | 257 (25.30) | 1,563 (71.17) | 0.266 |
No | 151 (81.62) | 34 (18.38) | 333 (74.33) | 115 (25.67) | 633 (28.83) | ||
Place of Birth | Home | 85 (81.73) | 19 (18.27) | 201 (71.79) | 79 (28.21) | 384 (17.49) | 0.066 |
Health Institution | 536 (85.35) | 92 (14.65) | 891 (75.25) | 293 (24.75) | 1,812 (82.51) | ||
Birth type | Single | 598 (85.19) | 104 (14.81) | 1,043(74.0) | 366 (25.98) | 2,111 (96.13) | 0.049+ |
Twin | 23 (76.67) | 7 (23.33) | 49 (89.09) | 6 (10.91) | 85 (3.87) | ||
Mode of delivery | SVD* | 515 (84.70) | 93 (15.30) | 869 (73.64) | 311 (26.36) | 1,788 (81.42) | 0.155 |
CS** | 106 (85.48) | 18 (14.52) | 223 (78.52) | 61 (21.48) | 408 (18.58) | ||
Postnatal care | Yes | 521 (85.41) | 89 (14.59) | 877 (75.28) | 288 (24.72) | 1,775 (80.83) | 0.079 |
No | 100 (81.97) | 22 (18.03) | 215 (71.91) | 84 (28.09) | 421 (19.17) | ||
HIV test | Yes*** | 572 (85.63) | 96 (14.37) | 985 (74.79) | 332 (25.21) | 1,985 (90.39) | 0.133 |
No | 49 (76.56) | 15 (23.44) | 107 (72.79) | 40 (27.21) | 211 (9.61) | ||