Fig 1.
Schematic representation of the sampling procedures in the study of determinants of d early initiation breastfeeding in West African countries.
Table 1.
Countries, survey year, and samples of demographic and health surveys included in the analysis for 13 West African countries.
Table 2.
Shows operational classification of independent variables (Table 2).
Table 3.
Maternal related sociodemographic characteristics in West African countries (n = 146,964).
Table 4.
Community level variables characteristics among reproductive age mothers in West Africa countries (n = 146,964).
Table 5.
Children related demographic and health survey characteristics in West African countries(n = 146,964).
Fig 2.
Pooled prevalence of EIBF in West Africa countries.
Table 6.
Individual and community-level factors associated with EIBF among reproductive-age women in West Africa (n = 146,964).