Research Title: Factors Associated with Cessation of Exclusive Breastfeeding

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Table 1 Association of Cessation of EBF with Socio-Demographic Characteristics, Obstetric History, and Reasons of EBF Cessation in Alehsa, 2020

Variables	For 1 Month										For 2 Months										For 6 Months
	EBF (n= 63)				Non EBF (n= 147)				P value		EBF (n= 80)				Non EBF (n= 147)				P value		EBF (n= 82)				Non EBF (n= 147)					P value
	N	%			N		%				N		%		N		%				N		%		N			%
Socio-demographic characteristics
Age
17-	5	8.6			53		91.4		0.000		30		36.1		53		63.9		0.879		20		27.4		53		72.6			0.176
27-	33	31.7			71		68.3				36		33.6		71		66.4				45		38.8		71		61.2
37–49	25	52.1			23		47.9				14		37.8		23		62.2				17		42.5		23		57.5
Mothers’ education
Illiterate - Elementary school	11	50.0			11		50.0		0.008		6		35.3		11		64.7		0.394		5		31.3		11		68.8			0.057
Intermediate school- High school	21	25.6			61		74.4				26		29.9		61		70.1				35		36.5		61		63.5
Undergraduate school-Postgraduate	31	29.2			75		70.8				48		39.0		75		61.0				42		35.9		75		64.1
Husbands’ education
Illiterate - Elementary school	5	71.4			2		28.6		0.051		3		60.0		2		40.0		0.359		4		66.7		2		33.3			0.258
Intermediate school- High school	25	29.1			61		70.9				28		31.5		61		68.5				35		36.5		61		63.5
Undergraduate school-Postgraduate	33	28.2			84		71.8				49		36.8		84		63.2				43		33.9		84		66.1
Mothers’ occupation
Non-working			42	25.5		123		74.5		0.006		54		30.5		123		69.5		0.005		60		32.8		123			67.2		0.922
Working			21	46.7		24		53.3				26		52.0		24		48.0				22		47.8		24			52.2
Husbands’ occupation
Non-working			0	0.0		3		100.0		0.253		0		0.0		3		100.0		0.198		0		0.0		3			100.0		0.193
Working			63	30.4		144		69.6				80		35.7		144		64.3				82		36.3		144			63.7
Income of family
less than 10.000 SR “less than 2.667 $”			26	23.9		83		76.1		0.04		48		36.6		83		63.4		0.606		60		42.0		83			58.0		0.012
More than 10.000 SR “More than 2.667 $”			37	36.6		64		63.4				32		33.3		64		66.7				22		25.6		64			74.4
Residency
Urban			27	25.5		78		74.3		0.175		42		35.0		78		65.0		0.936		39		33.3		78			66.7		0.425
Rural			36	34.3		69		65.7				38		35.5		69		64.5				43		38.4		69			61.6
Type of family
Direct			37	25.9		106		74.1		0.057		42		28.4		106		71.6		0.003		61		36.5		106			63.5		0.710
Extended family			26	38.8		41		61.2				38		48.1		41		51.9				21		33,9		41			66.1
Obstetric history
Gestational age
9 months			52	30.1		121		69.9		0.968		65		34.9		121		65.1		0.842		70		36.6		121			63.4		0.552
< 9 months			11	29.7		26		70.3				15		36.6		26		63.4				12		31.6		26			68.4
Parity:
Primiparity			6	15.4		33		84.6		0.027		19		36.5		33		63.5		0.824		9		21.4		33			78.6		0.031
Multiparity			57	33.3		114		66.7				61		34.9		114		65.1				73		39.0		114			61.0
Mode of birth
Cesarean			18	31.0		40		69.0		0.840		24		37.5		40		62.5		0.655		24		37.5		40			62.5		0.739
Vaginal			45	29.6		107		70.4				56		34.4		107		65.6				58		35.2		107			64.8
Reasons of EBF cessation
Perceived low milk quantity			27	29.0		66		71.0		0.754		35		34.7		66		65.3		0.833		4		5.7		66			94.3		0.000
Sore breasts or nipples/Too painful			14	29.8		66		70.2		0.971		5		13.2		33		86.8		0.002		2		5.7		33			94.3		0.000
Mother/infant separation			4	12.9		27		87.1		0.024		26		49.1		27		50.9		0.016		0		0.0		27			100.0		0.000
Maternal choice			9	18.0		41		82.0		0.034		23		35.9		41		64.1		0.891		1		2.4		41			97.6		0.000
Breastfeeding skills were not effective			10	32.3		21		67.7		0.766		4		16.0		21		84.0		0.033		1		4.5		21			59.6		0.001
Mother’s medical condition			13	33.3		26		66.7.		0.615		12		31.6		26		68.4		0.604		0		0.0		26			100.0		0.000
Inconvenience/fatigue due to breastfeeding			10	18.2		45		81.8		0.026		13		22.4		45		77.6		0.018		3		6.3		45			93.8		0.000
Mother Return to work or school			5	50.0		5		50.0		0.157		15		75.0		5		25.0		0.000		0		0.0		5			100.0		0.091
Baby-centred factors			17	28.8		42		71.2		0.815		15		26.3		42		73.7		0.103		1		2.3		42			97.7		0.000
Baby’s medical condition			4	36.4		7		63.6		0.636		3		30.0		7		70.0		0.723		0		0.0		7			100.0		0.045

Table 2 Factors Associated with Cessation of Exclusive Breastfeeding After 1, 2 and 6 Months of Birth in Alehsa, 2020

Variables	For 1 Month		For 2 Months		For 6 Months
	P value	OR	P value	OR	P value	OR
Age category	0.014
17-	0.006	8.107	-	-	-	-
27-	0.465	1.394	-	-	-	-
37–49		1.000	-	-	-	-
Mothers’ education	0.110				0.111
Elementary school or less	0.042	0.261	-	-	0.086	3.703
Intermediate school or more	0.157	0.472	-	-	0.442	0.681
Bachelor’s degree or more		1.000	-	-		1.000
Husbands’ education	0.026		-	-	-	-
Elementary school or less	0.041	0.097	-	-	-	-
Intermediate school or more	0.269	1.690	-	-	-	-
Bachelor degree or more		1.000	-	-	-	-
Mothers’ occupation
Working	0.009	0.305	0.412	0.702	-	-
Not working		1.000		1.000	-	-
Income of family
Less than 10.000 SR “less than 2.667 $”	0.064	2.160	-	-	0.033	0.369
More than 10.000 SR “More than 2.667 $”		1.000	-	-		1.000
Type of family
Direct family	0.053	0.442	0.001	0.343	-	-
Extended family		1.000		1.000	-	-
Parity
Primiparity	0.933	1.052	-	-	0.021	0.248
Multiparity		1.000	-	-		1.000
Reasons of cessation of EBF
Maternal choice
Yes	0.180	1.962	-	-	0.001	44.027
No		1.000	-	-		1.000
Inconvenience/fatigue due to breastfeeding
Yes	0.010	3.432	0.003	3.265	0.011	7.648
No		1.000		1.000		1.000
Sore breasts or nipples/too painful
Yes	-	-	0.010	3.885	0.000	32.298
No	-	-		1.000		1.000
Breastfeeding skills were not effective
Yes	-	-	0.102	2.647	0.001	39.755
No	-	-		1.000		1.000
Mother return to work or school
Yes	-	-	0.025	0.205	-	-
No	-	-		1.000	-	-
Perceived low milk quantity
Yes	-	-	-	-	0.000	12.219
No	-	-	-	-		1.000
Baby’s-centred factors
Yes	-	-	-	-	0.002	35.531
No	-	-	-	-		1.000