Table 2 (contd.)
Variable |
Exclusive Breastfeeding |
RR (95% CI) | |||
Yes |
No | ||||
n=285 |
% |
n=177 |
% | ||
Inter delivery interval | |||||
> 24 months |
141 |
84.4 |
81 |
81.0 |
1.00 |
< 24 months |
26 |
15.6 |
19 |
19.0 |
0.91 (0.70-1.19) |
Previous EBF duration in Multiparous | |||||
> 6 months |
87 |
52.1 |
55 |
55.0 |
1.00 |
< 6 months |
80 |
47.9 |
45 |
45.0 |
1.04 (0.87-1.26) |
Birth weight (grams) | |||||
> 2500 |
231 |
81.1 |
136 |
76.8 |
1.00 |
< 2500 |
54 |
18.9 |
41 |
23.2 |
0.90 (0.75-1.09) |
Breast Feeding started within (hrs) | |||||
> 6 |
37 |
13.0 |
30 |
16.9 |
1.00 |
1-6 |
184 |
64.6 |
120 |
67.8 |
1.10 (0.87-1.38) |
< 1 |
64 |
22.4 |
27 |
15.3 |
1.27 (0.99-1.64) |
Any initial breast feeding difficulties | |||||
No |
251 |
88.1 |
152 |
85.9 |
1.00 |
Yes |
34 |
11.9 |
25 |
14.1 |
0.93 (0.73-1.17) |
Analysis of factors like socio-economic status, parental education, maternal age, parity, type of delivery, place of delivery, number of
antenatal visits, previous duration of exclusive breastfeeding in multiparous, initiation of breastfeeding, showed that none was associ-
ated with termination of exclusive breastfeeding.

Table 3: Multivariate analysis of factors associated with cessation of exclusive breastfeeding before sixth month of life in Rajkot
Variable |
Odds ratio |
95% CI |
Socio-economic status | ||
Upper |
1.00 | |
Middle |
0.45 |
0.14-1.44 |
Lower |
0.54 |
0.19-1.53 |
Mother education | ||
Graduation & more |
1.00 | |
Secondary & Higher secondary |
0.61 |
0.31-1.17 |
Primary |
0.56 |
0.29-1.10 |
Illiterate |
0.89 |
0.43-1.82 |
MotheH s age (years) | ||
> 30 |
1.00 | |
21-30 |
0.53 |
0.26-1.07 |
< 20 |
0.49 |
0.21-1.16 |
No. of Antenatal visits | ||
> 3 |
1.00 | |
< 3 |
1.43 |
0.88-2.34 |
Mother's employment | ||
Housewife |
1.00 | |
Working |
1.44 |
0.84-2.47 |
Breast Feeding started within (hrs) | ||
> 6 |
1.00 | |
1-6 |
0.80 |
0.47-1.37 |
< 1 |
0.52 |
0.26-1.01 |
Factors like socio-economic status, maternal education, mother`s age, number of antenatal visits and maternal employment were
analyzed for multivariate analysis but none were found statistically significant.
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