Adjusted rates (per cent) of exclusive (EBF) and any (ABF) breast feeding at different ages and with different recall periods by compliance with the intervention and round of data collection
| Compliance group | Non-compliance group | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breastfeeding indicators | Round | n | Per cent | (95% CI) | n | Per cent | (95% CI) |
| EBF at 3 months (recall 24 h) | 1 | 978 | 60.6 | (56.2 to 65.0)* | 620 | 47.6 | (43.6 to 51.6)*† |
| 2 | 979 | 58.4 | (54.9 to 61.9) | 511 | 51.0 | (42.8 to 59.1) | |
| 3 | 993 | 63.5 | (61.4 to 65.7)* | 507 | 54.5 | (51.7 to 57.3)*† | |
| EBF at 3 months (recall 7 days) | 1 | 978 | 51.1 | (46.1 to 56.1)* | 620 | 39.7 | (35.6 to 43.8)*† |
| 2 | 979 | 53.9 | (49.6 to 58.3) | 511 | 47.3 | (38.7 to 55.9) | |
| 3 | 993 | 56.8 | (53.7 to 59.9)* | 507 | 48.1 | (45.1 to 51.2)*† | |
| EBF at 6 months (recall 24 h) | 1 | 947 | 9.8 | (7.0 to 12.6) | 601 | 5.6 | (2.5 to 8.7) |
| 2 | 956 | 8.3 | (5.5 to 11.1) | 515 | 7.5 | (4.1 to 10.9) | |
| 3 | 951 | 9.4 | (6.8 to 12.1) | 490 | 6.5 | (3.5 to 9.5) | |
| EBF at 6 months (recall 7 days) | 1 | 947 | 6.3 | (4.6 to 7.9) | 601 | 4.2 | (1.7 to 6.8) |
| 2 | 956 | 6.4 | (4.0 to 8.8) | 515 | 5.6 | (3.1 to 8.1) | |
| 3 | 951 | 7.0 | (4.1 to 9.9) | 490 | 4.7 | (2.6 to 6.8) | |
| ABF at 6 months (recall 24 h) | 1 | 947 | 68.9 | (64.4 to 73.3) | 601 | 59.1 | (53.2 to 65.0) |
| 2 | 956 | 67.4 | (65.2 to 69.6)* | 515 | 61.1 | (57.3 to 65.0)* | |
| 3 | 951 | 70.3 | (67.6 to 73.1)* | 490 | 62.1 | (59.6 to 64.6)* | |
| ABF at 12 months (recall 24 h) | 1 | 890 | 33.5 | (28.5 to 38.5) | 570 | 26.2 | (21.7 to 30.7) |
| 2 | 931 | 35.3 | (32.2 to 38.4) | 500 | 29.3 | (22.3 to 36.3) | |
| 3 | 930 | 37.6 | (34.3 to 40.9) | 479 | 32.1 | (28.0 to 36.1) | |
*p<0.05 between groups.
†p<0.05 between rounds.