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Table 1 Prevalence of breastfeeding in the first hour of life and crude odds ratio according to sociodemographic characteristics

From: Breastfeeding in the first hour of life in Brazilian private hospitals participating in a quality-of-care improvement projectAleitamento materno na primeira hora de vida em maternidades privadas brasileiras participantes de um projeto de melhoria da qualidade da assistência

Variable

n

%

BF (%)

OR

95% CI

p-value

Maternal age

 

 < 20 years

63

1.5

51.5

0.819

0.497–1.350

0.434

 20–34 years

2643

64.0

56.4

1

  

 35 years or more

1421

34.4

61.2

1.068

1.053–1.395

0.003

Skin color*

 

 Black

196

4.8

45.6

0.528

0.397–0.701

 < 0.001

 Brown/yellow/indigenous

1116

27.0

49.8

0.650

0.567–0.746

 < 0.001

 White

2814

68.2

62.1

1

  

Marital status

 

 Single/separated/widowed

262

6.4

46.5

0.656

0.514–0.838

 < 0.001

 Living with a partner

3848

93.2

58.9

1

  

Maternal schooling

 

 Up to 14 years

1699

42.0

45.6

0.395

0.348–0.450

 < 0.001

 ≥ 15 years

2345

58.0

67.2

1

  

Economic condition

 

 Class C. D or E

663

16.3

42.7

0.276

0.226–0.338

 < 0.001

 Class B

2231

55.0

54.4

0.450

0.383–0.528

 < 0.001

 Class A

1166

28.7

73.7

1

  

Total

4060

100

58.0

   
  1. Northeast, Southeast and South Regions, Brazil, 2017
  2. BF breastfeeding in the first hour of life
  3. *Classification of skin color used by the Brazilian Demographic Census