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Table 5 Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis

From: Intention, magnitude and factors associated with bottle feeding among mothers of 0–23 months old children in Holeta town, Central Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

Variables

Bottle feeding

Crude OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Yes (%)

No (%)

  

Age of infant/child

    

 0–5

9 (8.1)

102 (91.9)

0.270 (0.127,0.573)**

0.275 (0.123,0.617)*

 6–11

23 (22.1)

81 (77.9)

0.869 (0.495,1.525)

0.864 (0.465,1.605)

 12–23

50 (24.6)

153 (75.4)

1

1

Age of mother

    

 15–24

86 (74.8)

29 (25.2)

2.096 (1.036,4.237)*

3.384 (1.482,7.727)*

 25–34

163 (80.7)

39 (19.3)

1.487 (0.766,2.888)

1.530 (0.740,3.163)

 > = 35

87 (86.1)

14 (13.9)

1

1

Educational status of mother

    

 No formal education

21 (17.4)

100 (82.6)

0.560 (0.282,1.114)

0.725 (0.241,2.177)

 Primary

32 (16.5)

162 (83.5)

0.527 (0.281,0.988)*

0.661 (0.237,1.841)

 Secondary

21 (27.3)

56 (72.7)

1.185 (0.448,3.133)

1.419 (0.482,4.178)

 Diploma and above

8 (30.8)

18 (69.2)

1

1

Occupational status of mother

    

 House wives

207 (88.8)

26 (11.2)

0.289 (0.173,0.484)**

0.375 (0.208,0.676)**

 Other jobs

129 (69.7)

56 (30.3)

1

1

No of under 5 children

    

 One

14 (15.4)

77 (84.6)

1.833 (0.821,4.101)

2.791 (1.072,7.299)*

 Two

52 (19.8)

211 (80.2)

1.372 (0.712,2.571)

1.449 (0.695,2.976)

 Three

18 (25)

48 (75)

1

1

ANC

    

 Yes

71 (18.2)

319 (81.8)

1

1

 No

11 (39.3)

17 (60.7)

2.907 (1.305,6.476)*

1.105 (0.409,2.981)

PNC

    

 Yes

55 (16)

288 (84)

1

1

 No

27 (36)

48 (64)

2.945 (1.695,5.119)*

2.12 (1.083,4.139)*

Advised/counseled on bottle feeding

    

 Yes

30 (13)

200 (87)

1

1

 No

52 (27.7)

136 (72.3)

2.549 (1.547,4.200)**

2.182 (1.241,3.835)*

  1. N.B- ** p- value significant at level of P < 0.001, *p-value significant at level of P < 0.05