Association of EBT with different characteristics of lactating mothers in Gidan District, North-East Ethiopia, 2021 (n=760)
| Variables | EBT | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
| Yes (n, %) | No (n, %) | |||
| Age of the mother, years | ||||
| <20 | 19 (27) | 55 (73) | 1 | 1 |
| 20–25 | 77 (38.6) | 120 (61.4) | 1.86 (0.94 to 3.05) | 1.48 (0.78 to 2.81) |
| 26–30 | 147 (48) | 159 (52) | 2.68 (1.43 to 4.37) | 2.31 (0.91 to 3.70) |
| >30 | 83 (45.4) | 100 (54.6) | 2.40 (1.24 to 4.04) | 1.85 (0.95 to 3.63) |
| Educational status of the mother | ||||
| No formal education | 189 (43.4) | 246 (56.6) | 1 | 1 |
| Primary education | 88 (37.8) | 145 (62.2) | 0.79 (0.57 to 1.09) | 0.79 (0.56 to 1.12) |
| Secondary education and above | 49 (57.3) | 43 (42.7) | 1.48 (0.94 to 2.33) | 1.18 (0.71 to 1.96) |
| Parity | ||||
| Primipara | 49 (33.1) | 99 (66.9) | 1 | 1 |
| Multipara | 277 (45.3) | 335 (54.7) | 1.67 (1.15 to 2.44) | 1.17 (0.75 to 1.83) |
| Antenatal care | ||||
| Yes | 293 (45.1) | 357 (54.9) | 1.92 (1.24 to 2.96) | 1.75 (1.10 to 2.77)* |
| No | 33 (30) | 77 (70) | 1 | 1 |
| Place of delivery | ||||
| Hospital | 22 (57.5) | 18 (42.5) | 3.40 (1.77 to 8.61) | 2.85 (1.22 to 6.66)* |
| Health centre | 283 (44.6) | 349 (55.4) | 2.59 (1.55 to 8.61) | 2.15 (1.25 to 3.68)† |
| Home | 21 (23.9) | 67 (76.1) | 1 | 1 |
| Membership of WDA | ||||
| Yes | 86 (55.1) | 70 (44.9) | 1.86 (1.26 to 2.57) | 1.41 (0.96 to 2.07) |
| No | 240 (39.8) | 364 (60.2) | 1 | 1 |
| Received postpartum visit by HEW | ||||
| Yes | 205 (54.5) | 169 (45.5) | 2.66 (1.93 to 3.49) | 2.12 (1.55 to 2.92)† |
| No | 121 (31.6) | 265 (68.4) | 1 | 1 |
| Brest problem | ||||
| Yes | 6 (28.6) | 15 (71.4) | 0.52 (0.2 to 1.36) | 0.55 (0.20 to 1.51) |
| No | 320 (43.3) | 419 (66.7) | 1 | 1 |
| Residency | ||||
| Urban | 94 (50.3) | 93 (49.7) | 1.49 (1.07 to 2.07) | 1.41 (0.97 to 2.05) |
| Rural | 232 (40.5) | 341 (59.5) | 1 | 1 |
Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness of fit (p=0.22), Multicollinearity test (VIF)=1.68.
*Significant at p<0.05
†Significant at p<0.01
AOR, adjusted OR; COR, Crude Odd Ratio; EBT, effective breastfeeding technique; HEW, health extension workers; VIF, Variance inflation factor; WDA, women development army.