Determinants of infant feeding practices among mothers living with HIV attending prevention of mother to child transmission Clinic at Kiambu Level 4 hospital, Kenya: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Determinants of exclusive breastfeeding practices among mothers living with HIV with children 0–5 months

Variables	Exclusive breastfeeding
Variables	n (%)	COR (95% CI)	P value	AOR (95% CI)	P value
Age group (years
< 25	23 (29.9)	0.24 (0.06, 0.97)	0.044*	0.19 (0.41, 0.85)	0.030*
26–34	35 (45.5)	1.29 (0.32, 5.28)		1.72 (0.32, 9.23)
> 35	19 (24.7)	1		1
Marital status
Married	56 (72.7)	1.38 (0.46, 4.04)		1.46 (0.40, 5.34)
Unmarried	21 (27.3)	1		1
Education level
No formal education	5 (6.5)	0.11 (0.01, 1.41)		0.11 (0.01, 1.39)
Primary school	31 (40.3)	1.05 (0.22, 4.98)		1.04 (0.22, 5.01)
Secondary school	31 (40.3)	1.79 (0.35, 9.02)		2.01 (0.39, 10.53)
Tertiary	10 (13.0)	1		1
Occupation
Employed	20 (26.0)	1.04 (0.29, 3.66)		1.36 (0.28, 6.71)
Unemployed	37 (48.1)	0.50 (0.13, 1.93)		2.17 (0.55, 8.58)
Casual labour	20 (26)	1		1
Infant feeding practice knowledge
Adequate	39 (50.6)	1.82 (0.06, 0.57)	0.003*	0.20 (0.06, 0.64)	0.007*
Poor	38 (49.4)	1		1

AOR Adjusted Odds Ratio, COR Crude Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval.
*Statistically significant at p < 0.05. Adjusted for socioeconomic and demographic characteristics (age, marital status, education level and occupation) and infant feeding practice knowledge).

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