Correlates of non-institutional delivery to delayed initiation of breastfeeding in Nigeria: logit-decomposition and subnational analysis of population-based survey.

"Declarations Ethical approval and consent to participateThis is a secondary analysis of data from the NDHS which obtained ethical approval from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Inner-City Fund (ICF) International Macro at Fairfax, Virginia, the USA and the IRB in Nigeria. The author was granted access to the data following request. Written informed consent was obtained from participants prior to data collection as per IRB ethical guidelines for research conduct. The study did not involve experiment/clinical trial. All methods were implemented in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. The author adhere to the reporting guideline for observational research (Additional file 1). Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe author declares no competing interest. Competing interests The author declares no competing interest."

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