Exclusive Breastfeeding and Normative Belief among Rural Mothers in Ethiopia, 2019: A Cross-Sectional Survey Embedded with Qualitative Design

Table 4

Factors associated with the exclusive breastfeeding practice among mothers with children aged less than two years in Ethiopia, 2019.

Variables		EBF practice
		Yes	No	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
Marital status	Married	238	116	3.01 (1.56, 5.80)	2.57 (1.68, 5.65)
	Not married	17	25	1
Educational status	Unable to read/write	17	46	0.72 (0.34, 0.1.27)	0.11 (0.06, 0.99)
	Able to read and write	89	90	0.48 (0.27, 0.86)
	Primary education	50	46	0.53 (0.28, 1.01)
	Secondary education	47	23	1	1
Occupation	House wife	200	67	1	1
	Employee	55	86	0.21 (0.13, 0.33)	0.22 (0.16, 0.56)
ANC follow-up	Yes	238	99	6.92 (3.80, 12.61)	4.11 (2.66, 11.17)
	No	17	49	1	1
Birth place	Health institution	232	102	5.04 (2.92, 8.69)	4.07 (2.99, 10.72)
	Home	23	51	1	1
PNC follow-up	Yes	227	85	6.48 (3.91, 10.82)
	No	28	68	1
Breastfeeding counsel during ANC	Yes	230	63	2.77 (1.43, 5.35)	1.96 (1.12, 4.73)
	No	25	19	1	1
Culture	Yes	54	164	0.35 (0.23, 0.54)	0.23 (0.14, 0.46)
	No	91	99	1	1