Initial breastfeeding attitudes and practices of women born in Turkey, Vietnam and Australia after giving birth in Australia

Table 2 Method of feeding in hospital

Outcomes	Australian- born women (n = 100)	Turkish- born women (n = 100)	Vietnamese- born women (n = 100)	Unadjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)	p*	Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)	p*
Breast milk only
Turkish c/w Australian	81	92	-	2.70 (1.05,7.14)	0.04	2.90 (1.2, 7.03)	0.02
Vietnamese c/w Australian	81	-	60	0.35 (0.18,0.70)	0.002	0.29 (0.15, 0.56)	<0.001
Secondary education completed	38	32	54	1.74 (0.97, 3.09)	0.06	2.71 (1.43, 5.14)	0.002
No/poor English	0	53	65	0.51 (0.29, 0.88)	0.02	ns
Any breast milk ***
Turkish c/w Australian	84	98	-	9.33 (2.08,85.25)	0.001#	10.12 (2.25,45.5)	0.003
Vietnamese c/w Australian	84	-	75	0.57 (0.27,1.21)	0.16	0.47 (0.23, 0.98)	0.04
Secondary education completed	38	32	54	1.20 (0.98, 4.10)	0.06	2.93 (1.38, 6.22)	0.005
Formula only
Turkish c/w Australian	16	2	-	0.11 (0.01,0.48)	0.001#	n/a
Vietnamese c/w Australian	16	-	25	1.75 (0.82,3.74)	0.16	n/a

Adjusted for country of birth, secondary education, ability to understand spoken English
* Australian women reference group
*** Combination of breast milk and formula
# Exact confidence limits reported
ns: not significant in final model
n/a: not presented as is opposite to 'any' breast milk calculations
c/w: compared with

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