Research Article
Determinants of Exclusive Breastfeeding of Infants under Six Months among Cambodian Mothers
Table 2
Factors associated with EBF among infants aged less than 6 months.
| Variable | Total sample () | | | (% EBF) | COR | 95% CI | AOR | 95% CI | value |
| Residence | | | | | | | | Urban | 38 | 38.9 | 1 | Ref. | 1 | Ref. | | Rural | 429 | 69.4 | 3.56 | 2.20-5.77 | 2.28 | 1.23-4.23 | 0.009 | Maternal age (year) | | | | | | | | <18 | 18 | 53.8 | 1 | Ref. | 1 | Ref. | | 18-34 | 424 | 66.8 | 1.73 | 0.70-4.26 | 1.9 | 0.76-4.72 | 0.167 | 35-49 | 26 | 51.8 | 0.92 | 0.29-2.92 | 1.04 | 0.31-3.50 | 0.955 | Maternal education | | | | | | | | No schooling | 52 | 63.8 | 1 | Ref. | 1 | Ref. | | Primary school | 243 | 68.7 | 1.24 | 0.66-2.33 | 1.75 | 0.84-3.67 | 0.136 | Secondary school/higher | 173 | 61.3 | 0.9 | 0.47-1.74 | 1.94 | 0.89-4.25 | 0.097 | Employment | | | | | | | | No job/not working | 202 | 67.9 | 1 | Ref. | 1 | Ref. | | Agriculture/self-employed | 139 | 73.0 | 1.28 | 0.75-2.16 | 1.01 | 0.55-1.86 | 0.979 | Professional/technical/sale | 62 | 54.2 | 0.56 | 0.32-0.97 | 0.77 | 0.41-1.42 | 0.395 | Others | 65 | 56.4 | 0.61 | 0.32-1.15 | 0.58 | 0.30-1.13 | 0.111 | Wealth index | | | | | | | | Low | 222 | 75.0 | 1 | Ref. | 1 | Ref. | | Middle | 100 | 66.3 | 0.66 | 0.41-1.06 | 0.58 | 0.34-0.99 | 0.044 | High | 144 | 53.8 | 0.39 | 0.23-0.65 | 0.58 | 0.30-1.12 | 0.106 | Sex of infant | | | | | | | | Boy | 209 | 60.7 | 1 | Ref. | 1 | Ref. | | Girl | 259 | 69.3 | 1.46 | 1.02-2.11 | 1.48 | 0.98-2.25 | 0.062 | Infant age (in months) | | | | | | | | ≤1 | 168 | 79.9 | 1 | Ref. | 1 | Ref. | | 2–3 | 172 | 67.1 | 0.51 | 0.27-0.97 | 0.49 | 0.26-0.92 | 0.027 | 4–5 | 127 | 50.9 | 0.26 | 0.16-0.42 | 0.25 | 0.15-0.43 | <0.001 | Delivery place | | | | | | | | Private facilities | 57 | 44.9 | 1 | Ref. | 1 | Ref. | | Public hospital | 374 | 70.3 | 2.9 | 1.53-5.49 | 2.64 | 1.28-5.47 | 0.009 | Others | 36 | 62.9 | 2.08 | 0.94-4.64 | 1.43 | 0.54-3.80 | 0.472 | Early breastfeeding (hour) | | | | | | | | ≥1 | 159 | 63.1 | 1 | Ref. | 1 | Ref. | | <1 | 308 | 69.1 | 1.31 | 0.87-1.98 | 1.18 | 0.71-1.96 | 0.517 | Currently contraceptive use | | | | | | | | No | 405 | 68.8 | 1 | Ref. | 1 | Ref. | | Yes | 63 | 48.7 | 0.43 | 0.26-0.70 | 0.67 | 0.36-1.22 | 0.187 |
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COR: crude odd ratio, AOR: adjusted odds ratio.
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