Table 1 Index of Breastfeeding Attitudes (IBA)*
From: Breastfeeding in the workplace: Other employees' attitudes towards services for lactating mothers
1. Formula fed babies are as healthy as babies who receive human milk. |
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2. Allowing women to breastfeed in the workplace will interfere with productivity. |
3. Allowing women to breastfeed in the workplace will decrease the turnover rate. |
4. Allowing women to breastfeed in the workplace will decrease absenteeism. |
5. Allowing women to breastfeed in the workplace will improve morale of other employees. |
6. Allowing women to breastfeed in the workplace will have a negative effect on the public image of the business. |
7. Allowing women to breastfeed in the workplace will positively affect recruitment ability. |
8. If a co-worker wanted to breastfeed her infant or express milk in the workplace, I would support it. |
9. It is my responsibility to support mothers who combine breastfeeding with employment. |