Table 2 Percent of women who initiated breastfeeding by baseline characteristics*
From: Breastfeeding practices in a cohort of inner-city women: the role of contraindications
Characteristic | N† | Percent who initiated breastfeeding | P‡ |
|---|---|---|---|
Total | 393 | 51% | |
Documented contraindication | |||
Yes | 61 | 13% | <0.0001 |
No | 332 | 58% | |
Ethnicity | |||
Hispanic | 68 | 81% | <0.0001 |
Non-Hispanic | 325 | 45% | |
Marital status | |||
Married/living with a partner | 108 | 62% | 0.007 |
Single/no partner | 284 | 47% | |
Mother's birth place | |||
United States | 309 | 42% | <0.0001 |
Other (foreign-born) | 84 | 85% | |
Mother employed in last 12 months | |||
Yes | 147 | 56% | 0.09 |
No | 242 | 48% | |
Enrolled in WIC | |||
Yes | 218 | 58% | 0.002 |
No | 175 | 42% | |
Grandmother living in the home | |||
Yes | 110 | 43% | 0.04 |
No | 283 | 54% | |
Supportive relative available§ | |||
Yes | 322 | 48% | 0.02 |
No | 71 | 63% | |
Supportive friend available§ | |||
Yes | 288 | 55% | 0.03 |
No | 103 | 42% | |
Someone in the home with a drug problem | |||
Yes | 22 | 27% | 0.02 |
No | 367 | 52% | |
Maternal tobacco use | |||
Yes | 87 | 28% | <0.0001 |
No | 274 | 59% | |
Maternal alcohol use | |||
Yes | 41 | 20% | <0.0001 |
No | 305 | 56% | |
Pregnancy wanted | |||
Yes | 255 | 54% | 0.14 |
No | 133 | 46% | |
Mother depressed in the last year | |||
Yes | 160 | 47% | 0.18 |
No | 229 | 54% | |
Mother with condition requiring medical care | |||
Yes | 51 | 35% | 0.02 |
No | 342 | 54% | |
Number of previous live births | |||
None | 134 | 58% | 0.05 |
One or more | 258 | 48% | |
Gestation at entry into prenatal care | |||
≤ 4 months | 255 | 56% | 0.01 |
> 4 months | 138 | 43% | |
Mode of delivery | |||
Vaginal | 299 | 49% | 0.08 |
Cesarean section | 89 | 60% | |
Infant birth weight | |||
< 2500 grams | 40 | 38% | 0.07 |
≥ 2500 grams | 352 | 53% | |
Hospital of delivery | |||
A | 106 | 50% | 0.14 |
B | 86 | 60% | |
C | 201 | 48% |