Background
Methods
Searching strategies
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria
Outcome measurement
Data abstraction
Quality assessment
Statistical analysis
Results
Characteristics of original studies
Region | Study area | Authors name | Publication year | Response rate (%) | Sample size | Prevalence (95% CI) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tigray | Axum town | Alemayehu et al. [23] | 2014 | 100 | 418 | 41.6 (36.9, 46.4) |
Mekelle town | Berhe et al. [22] | 2013 | 100 | 361 | 77 (72.7, 81.3) | |
Amhara | Dembecha district | Bimerew et al. [25] | 2016 | 100 | 739 | 73.1 (69.9, 76.3) |
Motta town | Tewabe [13] | 2016 | 95.7 | 405 | 79 (75, 83) | |
Debre Berhan town | Tilahun et al. [12] | 2016 | 98.3 | 409 | 62.6 (57.9, 67.3) | |
Raya Kobo district | Legesse et al. [17] | 2014 | 99.5 | 623 | 71.7 (68.2, 75.3) | |
Bahir Dar City | Abdulbasit Musa [15] | 2014 | 100 | 815 | 87 (84.7, 89.3) | |
Addis Ababa | Black Lion Hospital | Hailu Berta Deregh [19] | 2012 | 100 | 429 | 13.8 (10.5, 17) |
Oromia | Goba district | Setegn et al. [14] | 2011 | 99.01 | 599 | 52.4 (48.4, 56.4) |
Nekemte town | Wolde et al. [11] | 2014 | 96 | 174 | 88.5 (83.5, 93.2) | |
East Wollega zone | Hailemariam et al. [20] | 2015 | 99.8 | 593 | 83.1 (80.1, 86.2) | |
Tiyo Woreda | Bedasa W/Michael [10] | 2016 | 96.6 | 373 | 32.7 (27.9, 37.5) | |
Southern Nations Nationalities and peoples’ region | Arba Minch Zuria | Adugna [24] | 2014 | 99.7 | 383 | 42.8 (37.9, 47.8) |
Dale Woreda | Beyene et al. [21] | 2017 | 100 | 617 | 83.8 (80.9, 86.7) | |
Afar | Amibara district | Liben and Yesuf [16] | 2016 | 99 | 380 | 39.7 (34.8, 44.7) |
EDHS 2011 based | EDHS 2011 based | Lakew et al. [18] | 2015 | __________ | 11,552 | 53.5 (52.5, 54.4) |
Meta-analysis
Variables | Coefficient |
P-value |
---|---|---|
Publication year | 0.037 | 0.262 |
Sample size | −0.000 | 0.685 |
Subgroup analysis
Variables | Characteristics | Estimate (95% CI) |
P-value |
---|---|---|---|
By region | Oromia | 64.2 (39.9, 88.6) | < 0.001 |
Amhara | 74.8 (66.5, 83.1) | ||
Others | 50.3 (34.5, 66.2) | ||
By study setting | Urban | 70.9 (61.1, 80.8) | < 0.001 |
Rural | 50.1 (33.3, 66.8) | ||
Overall | 61.4 (51.4, 71.5) |
The association between place of birth and timely initiation of breastfeeding
Sr/no | Authors | Publication year | Institutional delivery | Initiation of breastfeeding (< 1 h) | OR | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | |||||
1. | Alemayehu et al. [23] | 2014 | Yes | 161 | 13 | 1.289 |
No | 221 | 23 | ||||
2. | Wolde et al. [11] | 2014 | Yes | 145 | 9 | 2.544 |
No | 19 | 3 | ||||
3. | Setegn et al. [14] | 2011 | Yes | 106 | 202 | 1.907 |
No | 60 | 218 | ||||
4. | Bimerew et al. [25] | 2016 | Yes | 470 | 70 | 2.695 |
No | 142 | 57 | ||||
5. | Tilahun et al. [12] | 2016 | Yes | 238 | 18 | 3.36 |
No | 122 | 31 | ||||
6. | Tewabe [13] | 2016 | Yes | 278 | 41 | 2.938 |
No | 60 | 26 | ||||
7. | Hailemariam et al. [20] | 2014 | Yes | 241 | 15 | 3.443 |
No | 126 | 27 | ||||
8. | Liben and Yesuf [16] | 2016 | Yes | 85 | 66 | 0.793 |
No | 143 | 88 | ||||
9. | Berhe et al. [22] | 2012 | Yes | 237 | 41 | 3.468 |
No | 50 | 30 | ||||
10. | Adugna [24] | 2014 | Yes | 7 | 212 | 0.869 |
No | 6 | 158 | ||||
Overall OR | 2.11 |