Skip to main content

Table 5 Determinants of complementary feeding with breastfeeding practices among mothers living with HIV with children 6–12 months

From: 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

Variables

Complementary feeding with breastfeeding

n (%)

COR (95% CI)

P value

AOR (95% CI)

P value

Age group (years

  < 25

31 (30.1)

0.96 (0.24, 3.84)

 

0.87 (0.18, 4.26)

 

 26–34

56 (54.4)

0.39 (0.11, 1.34)

 

0.33 (0.08, 1.41)

 

  > 35

16 (15.5)

1

 

1

 

Marital status

 Married

68 (66)

1.75 (0.72, 4.21)

 

1.89 (0.68, 5.29)

 

 Unmarried

35 (34)

1

 

1

 

Education level

 No formal education

5 (4.9)

0.83 (0.01, 1.07)

 

0.56 (0.03, 0.96)

 

 Primary school

39 (37.9)

0.86 (0.02, 0.39)

 

0.46 (0.08, 0.28)

 

 Secondary school

47 (45.6)

0.25 (0.05, 1.03)

0.042*

0.17 (0.03, 0.85)

0.002*

 Tertiary

12 (11.7)

1

 

1

 

Occupation

 Employed

42 (40.8)

1.56 (0.69, 3.55)

 

2.06 (0.69, 6.15)

 

 Unemployed

40 (38.8)

4.00 (1.30, 12.2)

0.015*

3.91 (1.24, 12.32)

0.020*

 Casual labour

21 (20.4)

1

 

1

 

Infant feeding practice knowledge

 Adequate

58 (56.3)

1.75 (0.73, 4.21)

 

1.44 (0.59, 3.47)

 

 Poor

45 (43.7)

1

 

1

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