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Table 2 Baseline characteristics for all survey participants – Data are presented as n (%) unless otherwise indicated. Worksite refers to worksite at the time of the survey

From: Determinants of health care worker breastfeeding experience and practices and their association with provision of care for breastfeeding mothers: a mixed-methods study from Northern Thailand

Characteristic

Overall

CBO1 (hi/hi)*

CBO2 (hi/lo)

TH1 (lo/hi)

TH2 (lo/lo)

No children

114/311 (37)

25/74 (34)

40/89 (45)

19/75 (25)

30/73 (41)

Mothers

169/311 (54)

37/74 (50)

34/89 (38)

56/75 (75)

42/73 (58)

Fathers

28/311 (9)

12/74 (16)

15/89 (17)

0/75 (0)

1/73 (1)

Were breastfed themselves

no/don’t know

17/309 (5)

0/74 (0)

2/89 (2)

6/73 (8)

9/73 (12)

yes

292/309 (95)

74/74 (100)

87/89 (98)

67/73 (92)

64/73 (88)

Years working

10 [5.5–15.6] (0-39.4)

10 [6.25-13] (1–30)

10 [6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13] (0–27)

20 [7.7–25.6] (1-39.4)

9 [4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18] (0.4–38)

Formal training

132/312 (42)

1/75 (1)

4/89 (4)

64/75 (85)

63/73 (86)

Completed high school

244/312 (78)

49/75 (65)

56/89 (63)

71/75 (95)

68.73 (93)

Patient exposure > 10/3mo

199/312 (64)

38/75 (51)

65/89 (73)

44/75 (59)

52/73 (71)

BF attitudes (quartiles from least favorable to most favorable)

1

83/311 (27)

32/75 (43)

30/89 (34)

12/74 (16)

9/73 (12)

2

76/311 (24)

19/75 (25)

26/89 (29)

17/74 (23)

14/73 (19)

3

78/311 (25)

14/75 (19)

24/89 (27)

19/74 (26)

21/73 (29)

4

74/311 (24)

10/75 (13)

9/89 (10)

26/74 (35)

29/73 (40)

High Confidence (4–5)

138/287 (48)

38/74 (51)

38/84 (45)

29/58 (50)

33/71 (46)

Knowledge score: mean % correct (sd)

34.7 (15.5)

32.5 (12.9)

28.8 (9.9)

49.9 (20.1)

31.9 (10.9)

Correct advice

143/288 (50)

39/73 (53)

29/84 (35)

27/59 (46)

48/72 (67)

  1. * Sites are categorized as high “hi” or low “lo” breastfeeding prevalence/organizational support based on the IDI data e.g. hi/lo refers to “high breastfeeding prevalence with low organizational support”