Skip to main content

Table 2 Maternal sociodemographic characteristics of participants who initiated breastfeeding versus those who did not initiate breastfeeding

From: Maternal sociodemographic characteristics and the use of the Iowa Infant Attitude Feeding Scale to describe breastfeeding initiation and duration in a population of urban, Latina mothers: a prospective cohort study

Characteristic

Initiated breastfeeding n (%) or mean±SD (n = 177)

Did not initiate breastfeeding n (%) or mean±SD (n = 8)

Total n (%)aor mean±SD n = 185

p value

Maternal age in years

26.3±5.3

27.5±4.2

26.3±5.2

0.52

Country of birth

   

0.47

 USA

12 (6.8)

0 (0.0)

12 (6.5)

 Mexico

96 (54.5)

6 (75.0)

102 (55.4)

 Central America

60 (34.1)

2 (35.0)

62 (33.7)

 Other

8 (4.5)

0 (0.0)

8 (4.3)

Primary language

   

0.58

 English

12 (6.8)

0 (0.0)

12 (6.5)

 Spanish

165 (93.2)

8 (100.0)

173 (93.5)

Years living in the US

6.3±5.8

8.6±7.4

6.4±5.9

0.28

 ≤1

24 (14.7)

1 (12.5)

25 (14.6)

 

 > 1 and ≤ 5

64 (39.3)

2 (25.0)

66 (38.6)

 > 5 and ≤10

47 (28.8)

2 (25.0)

49 (28.7)

 > 10

28 (17.2)

3 (37.5)

31 (18.1)

Marital statusb

   

0.62

 Partnered

147 (83.5)

7 (87.5)

154 (83.7)

 Not partnered

29 (16.5)

1 (12.5)

30 (16.3)

Any employment

   

0.53

 Yes

58 (32.8)

3 (37.5)

61 (33.0)

 No

119 (67.2)

5 (62.5)

124 (67.0)

Education

   

0.48

 High school or less

137 (78.3)

6 (85.7)

143 (78.6)

 Some college

29 (16.6)

1 (14.3)

30 (16.5)

 College

5 (2.8)

0 (0.0)

5 (2.7)

 Post college

4 (2.3)

0 (0.0)

4 (2.2)

WIC participationc

   

0.53

 Yes

163 (92.1)

8 (100.0)

171 (92.4)

 No

14 (7.9)

0 (0.0)

14 (7.6)

Other children

   

0.44

 Yes

94 (53.1)

5 (62.5)

99 (53.5)

 No

83 (46.9)

3 (37.5)

86 (46.5)

Previously breastfedd

   

0.05

 Yes

89 (93.7)

3 (60.0)

92 (92.0)

 No

6 (6.3)

2 (40.0)

8 (8.0)

IIFAS total score

67.7±7.2

61.6±8.2

67.4±7.3

0.02

IIFAS scoree

   

0.12

 Low score

84 (47.5)

6 (75.0)

90 (48.6)

 High score

93 (52.5)

2 (25.0)

95 (51.4)

Depressive symptomsf

   

0.43

 Yes

59 (35.1)

2 (25.0)

61 (34.7)

 No

109 (64.9)

6 (75.0)

115 (65.3)

Pre-pregnancy BMIg

26.0±5.5

27.0±5.4

26.1±5.5

0.61

Pre-pregnancy BMI categoryh

   

0.27

 Normal (< 25)

75 (47.2)

4 (50.0)

79 (47.3)

 Overweight (≥25 or <30)

55 (34.6)

1 (12.5)

56 (33.5)

 Obese (≥30)

29 (18.2)

3 (37.5)

32 (19.2)

  1. an and percentages represent those who answered the question.
  2. b Partner status identified by women and included single but living with a partner.
  3. c Women, Infants and Children.
  4. d Calculated among those who had previous children.
  5. e Low score is less than the median of 68 and high score is equal to or greater than the median.
  6. f Participants scoring positive on at least one of the three depression instruments administered.
  7. g Body Mass Index, calculated in kg/m2.
  8. h Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Body Mass Index. Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, Atlanta, GA, 2011. http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/index.html.
Back to article page

International Breastfeeding Journal

ISSN: 1746-4358