Table 2 Proportions of no breastfeeding and median duration of breastfeeding
Total | Women not breastfeeding | Women breastfeeding | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | n | % | n | Median duration in weeks (5%, 95% value) | |
Oral contraceptive use before pregnancy | |||||
No | 343 | 59 | 17.2 | 284 | 14 (2, 72) |
0–3 months | 106 | 18 | 17.0 | 88 | 8 (2, 48) |
4–12 months | 126 | 30 | 23.8 | 96 | 12 (2, 50) |
Age of the mother at birth | |||||
< 20 years | 15 | 3 | 20.0 | 12 | 8 (3, 28) |
20–24 years | 149 | 26 | 17.4 | 123 | 9 (2, 42) |
25–29 years | 250 | 46 | 18.4 | 204 | 12 (3, 56) |
≥ 30 years | 161 | 32 | 19.9 | 129 | 16 (2, 78) |
Mother education * | |||||
≤ High school | 199 | 48 | 24.1 | 151 | 8 (4, 78) |
Some college | 248 | 48 | 19.3 | 200 | 12 (2, 52.5) |
≥ College graduate | 121 | 9 | 7.4 | 112 | 24 (4, 78) |
Birth order | |||||
1 | 313 | 50 | 16.0 | 263 | 12 (2, 52) |
2 | 202 | 42 | 20.8 | 160 | 15 (2, 75) |
≥ 3 | 60 | 15 | 25.0 | 45 | 15 (2, 78) |
Menarche * | |||||
≤ 11 years old | 77 | 22 | 28.6 | 55 | 12 (1, 52) |
12–15 years old | 463 | 80 | 17.2 | 383 | 12 (2, 56) |
≥ 16 | 30 | 5 | 16.7 | 25 | 15 (2, 78) |
Smoking during pregnancy | |||||
Yes | 173 | 44 | 25.4 | 129 | 8 (2, 50) |
No | 402 | 63 | 15.7 | 329 | 15 (2, 60) |
Planned the pregnancy | |||||
Yes | 421 | 76 | 18.1 | 345 | 12.0 (2, 56) |
Undecided | 51 | 10 | 19.6 | 41 | 12.0 (2, 45) |
No | 103 | 21 | 20.4 | 82 | 12.0 (2, 56) |