Table 2

Unadjusted logistic regression models with context variables as predictors of EarlyBF

Variables	KDHS 1998				KDHS 2003				KDHS 2008–2009
Variables	β	OR	95% CI	Significance (p value)	β	OR	95% CI	Significance (p value)	β	OR	95% CI	Significance (p value)
Residence				0.012				0.602				0.072
Urban (reference)
Rural	0.503	1.65	1.12 to 2.44		−0.095	0.91	0.64 to 1.30		−0.394	0.67	0.44 to 1.04
Province				0.000				0.000				0.000
Eastern (reference)
Nyanza	0.952	2.59	1.67 to 4.02		0.514	1.67	1.06 to 2.64		0.292	1.34	0.82 to 2.19
Western	0.883	2.42	1.50 to 3.90		1.552	4.72	2.96 to 7.55		1.675	5.34	3.22 to 8.84
Central	−0.307	0.74	0.44 to 1.23		−0.010	0.99	0.65 to 1.51		0.910	2.48	1.48 to 4.18
Rift Valley	−0.116	0.89	0.57 to 1.40		−0.037	0.96	0.63 to 1.47		0.342	1.41	0.80 to 2.49
Nairobi	0.761	2.14	1.08 to 4.24		0.259	1.30	0.72 to 2.33		0.128	1.14	0.57 to 2.27
Coast	0.854	2.35	1.45 to 3.80		1.848	6.35	3.29 to 12.26		1.432	4.19	2.20 to 7.98
	r²=0.060				r²=0.095				r²=0.078

EarlyBF, early initiation of breastfeeding; KDHS, Kenya Demographic and Health Survey; r², Cox and Snell pseudo r².