Table 1 Continue prevalence and factors associated with EBF

Maternal Factors

Maternal age

5.1

p = 0.793

15–19

2249

13.2

7.2

6

20–24

4244

25

13.2

11.8

25–29

4449

26.2

13.8

12.4

30–34

3135

18.4

9.9

8.5

35–39

2055

12.1

6.3

5.8

40–44

736

4.3

2.2

2.1

45–49

133

0.8

0.4

0.4

Religion

167.5

< 0.0001

Christianity

9807

65.1

49.2

50.8

Islam

4661

31

60.5

39.5

Other

228

1.5

54.9

45.1

No religion

361

2.4

55.3

44.7

Marital status

4.124

p = 0.324

never in union

1664

9.8

53.9

46.1

in union

14,604

85.9

53

47

divorced/seperated/widowed

732

4.3

49.6

50.4

Parity

7.391

p = 0.208

One

3880

65.1

54.8

45.2

Two

3451

31

52.6

47.4

Three

2851

1.5

52.4

47.6

Four or more

6817

2.4

52.3

47.7

Birth interval (in months)

11.938

p = 0.116

8–24

2095

12.3

6.6

5.7

25–35

3788

22.3

11.7

10.6

36–59

4583

27

14.1

12.9

≥ 60

2609

15.3

7.9

7.5

first child

3925

23.1

12.7

10.4

Maternal education

70.033

< 0.0001

No education

5272

31.1

16.9

14.1

Primary

5624

33.1

16.2

16.9

Secondary

5194

30.6

16.5

14

Higher

910

5.4

3.4

2

Maternal occupation

146.367

< 0.0001

Not working

6653

39.1

54.5

45.5

Professional

662

3.9

59.0

41.0

clerical

107

0.6

69.5

30.5

Sales/business

2276

13.4

56.4

43.6

Agriculture

4100

24.1

45.8

54.2

Household/domestics services

1453

8.5

56.4

43.6

Manual works

675

4

48.3

51.7

Others

1073

6.3

56.9

43.1

Wealth index

44.09

< 0.0001

poorest

3945

23.2

53.5

46.5

poorer

3625

21.3

51.8

48.2

middle

3463

20.4

50.3

49.7

richer

3211

18.9

52

48

richest

2758

16.2

58.2

41.8

Age of gestation at ANC registration

87.961

< 0.0001

No ANC

1585

9.3

62.2

37.8

< 4 months

6181

36.4

52.9

47.1

4–5 months

5938

34.9

50.8

49.2

6–7 months

2839

16.7

52.2

47.8

8 + months

363

2.1

49.3

50.7

Don’t know

94

0.6

74.8

25.2

Number of ANC visits

84.304

< 0.0001

None

1585

9.3

62.2

37.8

< 4

5544

32.6

51.4

48.6

4–8

8969

52.8

51.7

48.3

9 or more

612

3.6

57.5

42.5

Don’t know

290

1.7

63.0

37.0

Frequency of listening to Radio

40.67

< 0.001

Not at all

14,134

83.1

53.3

46.7

atleast once a week

2282

13.4

54.1

45.9

almost everytime

585

3.4

40.3

59.7

Frequency of reading newspaper/magazine

27.887

< 0.01

Not at all

7812

46.0

53.5

46.5

atleast once a week

8309

48.9

53.4

46.6

almost everytime

880

5.2

44.5

55.5

Frequency of watching television

225.98

< 0.0001

Not at all

9284

54.6

48.8

51.2

atleast once a week

6653

39.1

60

40

almost everytime

1063

6.3

45.2

54.8