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Table 1 Individual, household, community level characteristics and rates (%) of initiation of breastfeeding within one hour of child birth, Nigeria 2013 (N = 11851)

From: Determinants of early initiation of breastfeeding in Nigeria: a population-based study using the 2013 demograhic and health survey data

Characteristics

Total

Initiation of breastfeeding within 1 h of birth

 

Na

%b

n c

%d

95 % CI

p valuee

Individual level factors

      

Mother’s age at birth

      

<=19

1661

14.0

526

30.3

(28.2–32.5)

<0.001

20–24

2953

24.9

1002

34.0

(32.3–35.7)

 

25–29

3237

27.3

1190

36.3

(34.6–36.9)

 

30–34

2119

17.9

772

36.8

(34.7–38.8)

 

> = 35

1881

15.9

649

35.1

(32.9–37.2)

 

Mothers education

      

No education

5379

45.4

1702

30.0

(28.8–31.2)

<0.001

Primary

2290

19.3

789

36.8

(34.8–38.9)

 

Secondary and above

4182

35.3

1647

40.2

(38.7–41.7)

 

Birth order

      

1st

2331

19.7

774

32.5

(30.6–34.4)

0.013

2nd–3rd

3807

32.1

1392

36.2

(34.7–37.7)

 

4th and above

5713

48.2

1972

34.7

(33.5–35.9)

 

ANC visit (n = 11553)

      

0

3837

33.2

1083

27.6

(26.1–28.9)

<0.001

1–3

1573

13.6

580

36.8

(34.4–39.1)

 

4+

6143

53.2

2343

38.3

(37.1–39.6)

 

Place of delivery (n = 11846)

      

Home

7339

62.0

2266

30.4

(29.4–31.5)

<0.001

Health facility

4507

38.0

1872

42.0

(40.5–43.4)

 

Mode of delivery (n = 11771)

      

Vaginal delivery

11508

97.8

4057

35.1

(34.2–35.9)

<0.001

Caesarean section

263

2.2

56

22.4

(17.1–27.4)

 

Sex of child

      

Male

6021

50.8

2076

34.7

(33.5–36.0)

0.985

Female

5830

49.2

2062

34.8

(33.5–36.0)

 

Size of child at birth (n = 11791)

      

Small

1811

15.4

536

29.5

(27.4–31.6)

<0.001

Average

4776

40.5

1608

33.3

(32.0–34.7)

 

Large

5204

44.1

1977

37.9

(27.4–31.6)

 

Birth type

      

Singleton

11654

98.3

4081

34.9

(34.0–35.7)

0.046

Twin/mutiple

197

1.7

57

27.9

(21.8–34.1)

 

Mothers occupation (n = 11789)

      

Not working

3704

31.4

1368

36.6

(35.0–38.1)

<0.001

Agricultural

1341

11.4

461

37.6

(34.9–40.3)

 

Sales and others

6744

57.2

2295

33.3

(32.2–34.4)

 

Household level factors

      

Wealth Index

      

Poorest

2618

22.1

646

23.4

(21.8–25.0)

<0.001

Poorer

2754

23.2

849

31.3

(29.5–33.0)

 

Middle

2368

20.0

854

37.9

(35.9–39.9)

 

Richer

2207

18.6

932

43.5

(41.4–45.6)

 

Richest

1904

16.1

858

41.9

(39.8–44.1)

 

Community level factors

      

Type of place of residence

      

Urban

3908

33.0

1766

41.9

(40.4–43.4)

<0.001

Rural

7943

67.0

2372

30.8

(29.8–31.8)

 

Zone

      

North Central

1739

14.7

790

48.3

(45.8–50.7)

<0.001

North East

2420

20.4

816

39.9

(37.8–42.1)

 

North West

3699

31.2

1171

26.9

(25.6–28.2)

 

South East

1076

9.1

374

34.5

(31.7–37.4)

 

South South

1431

12.1

506

45.1

(42.2–48.0)

 

South West

1486

12.5

480

28.7

(26.5–30.8)

 

Overall

11851

100.0

4138

34.7

(33.9–35.6)

 
  1. aUnweighted case numbers (the numbers and percentages reported are unweighted to facilitate reading as weighted count (frequency) will be in decimal points generated by the software). bUnweighted column %, cWeighted case numbers, d Weighted row %. eChi square test was applied to test statistical significance