Table 3 Determinants of early initiation of breastfeeding and bottle feeding in Nigerian women (2008)

Socio-economic

Maternal education

No education

4655

30.4

1.00

1.00

4.4

1.00

1.00

Primary

2274

43.7

1.77 (1.52-2.07)

<0.001

1.43 (1.21-1.65)

<0.001

13.4

3.34 (2.71-4.12)

0.001

1.44 (1.12-1.84)

0.005

Secondary and above

3296

43.9

1.79 (1.55-2.07)

<0.001

1.46 (1.24-1.72)

<0.001

19.2

5.15 (4.24-6.26)

0.001

1.41 (1.06-1.88)

0.017

Father’s education

No education

3641

30.3

1.00

3.7

1.00

1.00

Primary

2149

39.1

1.48 (1.26-1.74)

<0.001

12.5

3.71 (2.88-4.77)

0.001

1.81 (1.37-2.38)

<0.001

Secondary and above

4044

43.8

1.80 (1.55-2.08)

<0.001

17.0

5.31 (4.25-6.63)

0.001

1.84 (1.39-2.43)

<0.001

Household Wealth

Poor

4709

32.8

1.00

5.9

1.00

1.00

Middle

3749

41.8

1.47(1.28-1.68)

<0.001

13.3

2.43 (2.01-2.94)

0.001

1.23 (0.99-1.52)

0.062

Rich

1767

42.1

1.49 (1.25-1.79)

<0.001

20.5

4.09 (3.28-5.10)

0.001

1.45 (1.09-1.92)

0.010

Geopolitical region

North Central

3112

59.6

1.00

1.00

11.1

1.00

1.00

North East

5019

23.8

0.21 (0.16-0.28)

<0.001

0.24 (3.12-5.45)

<0.001

6.8

0.59 (0.42-0.81)

0.001

0.93 (0.67-1.29)

0.660

North West

2093

30.6

0.30 (0.24-0.38)

<0.001

0.35 (2.22-3.59)

<0.001

4.1

0.34 (0.24-0.48)

0.001

0.56 (0.40-0.79)

0.001

South East

3112

38.3

0.42 (0.33-0.54)

<0.001

0.34 (2.22-3.70)

<0.001

20.6

2.07 (1.53-2.81)

0.001

1.50 (1.10-2.05)

0.010

South West

5019

50.2

0.68 (0.52-0.90)

0.007

0.35 (1.25-2.16)

<0.001

19.5

1.94 (1.44-2.62)

0.001

1.45 (1.06-1.98)

0.020

South South

2093

36.7

0.39 (0.30-0.50)

<0.001

0.61 (2.31-3.75)

<0.001

16.5

1.58 (1.18-2.13)

0.002

1.03 (0.76-1.40)

0.832

Individual

Child age in months

Age of child (months)

10225

37.7

1.00 (0.10-1.00)

0.483

10.7

0.94 (0.93-0.96)

0.001

0.94 (0.93-0.95)

<0.001

Birth order

First-born

1953

34.4

1.00

15.8

1.00

2nd-4^th

4703

38.7

1.20 (1.06-1.36)

0.003

1.26 (1.11-1.43)

<0.001

11.9

0.72 (0.60-0.86)

0.001

5 or more

3569

38.1

1.17 (1.03-1.33)

0.016

1.41 (1.23-1.62)

<0.001

7.7

0.44 (0.37-0.54)

0.001

Preceding birth interval

No previous birth

1953

34.4

1.00

1.00

15.8

1.00

1.00

<24 months

1591

36.5

1.09 (0.93-1.28)

0.261

1.13 (0.95.1.34)

0.159

11.7

0.71 (0.56-0.90)

0.004

0.79 (0.62-1.02)

0.074

≥24 months

6668

38.9

1.21 (1.08-1.36)

0.001

1.25 (1.09-1.44)

0.001

9.7

0.57 (0.48-0.67)

0.001

0.68 (0.57-0.82)

<0.001

Health service

Combined place and mode of delivery

Home

6563

37.7

1.00

1.00

13.1

1.00

1.00

Health facility, non-caesarean

3481

37.9

1.60 (1.41-1.82)

<0.001

1.26 (1.09-1.44)

0.001

10.9

3.02 (1.63-5.58)

<0.001

1.10 (0.91-1.32)

0.322

Health facility, caesarean

175

25.5

0.66 (0.43-1.02)

0.063

0.48 (0.31-0.75)

0.001

28.8

8.78 (4.53-17.01)

<0.001

1.88 (1.23-2.89)

0.004

Antenatal Clinic visits

None

4594

35.1

1.00

6.0

1.00

1.00

1-3

1084

39.6

1.21 (1.01-1.45)

0.037

11.9

2.12 (1.66-2.71)

0.001

1.37 (1.05-1.77)

0.018

≥4

4547

39.9

1.23 (1.08-1.40)

0.002

16.3

3.05 (2.54-3.68)

0.001

1.49 (1.22-1.82)

<0.001