Table 1 Bivariate analysis of exclusive breastfeeding among children aged 0–5 months in Sierra Leone
Variables | Weighted N (%) | Exclusive breastfeeding % (95% CI) 54.1% (50.2, 57.9) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Child’s age | < 0.01 | ||
0–1 months | 341 (34.3) | 77.4 (72.1, 82.0) | |
2–3 months | 350 (35.2) | 54.2 (48.0, 60.3) | |
4–5 months | 303 (30.5) | 27.7 (22.2, 34.0) | |
Marital status | 0.27 | ||
Never in union | 140 (14.1) | 59.0 (49.2, 68.1) | |
Married/cohabiting | 853 (85.9) | 53.3 (49.1, 57.4) | |
Educational attainment | 0.21 | ||
No education | 505 (50.8) | 57.4 (52.5, 62.1) | |
Primary | 136 (13.7) | 46.9 (38.1, 55.8) | |
Secondary | 330 (33.2) | 52.2 (45.4, 58.9) | |
Higher | 23 (2.3) | 51.2 (29.0, 72.9) | |
Respondent employer | 0.74 | ||
Family | 125 (12.6) | 50.6 (39.7, 61.5) | |
Self-employed | 600 (60.5) | 55.0 (50.3, 59.7) | |
Not working | 268 (26.9) | 53.6 (46.3, 60.7) | |
Religion | 0.21 | ||
Christians | 174 (17.5) | 58.7 (50.7, 66.3) | |
Muslims | 820 (82.5) | 53.1 (48.7, 57.4) | |
Sex of the child | 0.46 | ||
Male | 519 (52.2) | 52.9 (47.8, 57.9) | |
Female | 475 (47.8) | 55.4 (50.1, 60.6) | |
Listen to radio | 0.48 | ||
Not at all | 614 (61.8) | 52.9 (48.2, 57.4) | |
Less than once a week | 176 (17.7) | 53.4 (44.5, 62.1) | |
At least once a week | 204 (20.5) | 58.4 (50.2, 66.0) | |
Watch television | 0.08 | ||
Not at all | 796 (80.1) | 56.0 (51.8, 60.1) | |
Less than once a week | 111 (11.2) | 48.6 (37.3, 60.2) | |
At least once a week | 87 (8.7) | 43.6 (32.8, 54.9) | |
Literacy | 0.92 | ||
Cannot read at all | 642 (64.6) | 54.2 (49.8, 58.6) | |
Able to read only parts of a sentence | 205 (20.6) | 54.8 (46.2, 63.1) | |
Able to read the whole sentence | 147 (14.8) | 52.4 (43.0, 61.7) | |
Place of delivery | 0.04 | ||
Home | 149 (15.0) | 45.5 (37.0, 54.3) | |
Health facility | 845 (85.0) | 55.6 (51.3, 59.8) | |
ANC visits | 0.04 | ||
0–3 | 190 (19.1) | 46.2 (37.5, 55.2) | |
4+ | 804 (80.9) | 55.9 (51.8, 60.0) | |
Skilled Birth Attendance | 0.01 | ||
No | 854 (86.0) | 56.0 (51.7, 60.1) | |
Yes | 140 (14.0) | 42.7 (33.9, 51.9) | |
Counselled on breastfeeding | 0.09 | ||
No | 168 (16.9) | 47.7 (39.5, 56.0) | |
Yes | 826 (83.1) | 55.4 (51.1, 59.6) | |
Postnatal checkup | 0.32 | ||
No | 558 (56.0) | 55.8 (50.4, 61.1) | |
Yes | 436 (44.0) | 51.9 (46.2, 57.5) | |
Wealth index | 0.08 | ||
Poorest | 240 (24.2) | 60.1 (53.4, 66.4) | |
Poorer | 236 (23.8) | 53.6 (46.7, 60.4) | |
Middle | 194 (19.5) | 57.0 (48.8, 64.8) | |
Richer | 180 (18.1) | 52.1 (43.3, 60.7) | |
Richest | 143 (14.4) | 43.3 (32.8, 54.5) | |
Place of residence | 0.02 | ||
Urban | 337 (34.0) | 47.8 (40.9, 54.7) | |
Rural | 657 (66.0) | 57.3 (52.7, 61.9) | |
Region | < 0.01 | ||
Eastern | 208 (20.9) | 57.5 (48.6, 65.9) | |
Northern | 218 (22.0) | 64.8 (55.7, 72.9) | |
Northwestern | 201 (20.2) | 49.8 (42.1, 57.5) | |
Southern | 206 (20.8) | 53.5 (47.4, 59.6) | |
Western | 160 (16.1) | 41.2 (30.8, 52.4) |