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Table 5 Maternal sociodemographic characteristics of participants who were breastfeeding at 1 year postpartum versus those who were not breastfeeding at 1 year postpartum

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

Breastfeeding at 1 year n (%) or mean±SD (n = 67)

No breastfeeding at 1 year n (%) or mean±SD (n = 103)

Total n (%)aor mean±SD (n = 170)

P Value

Maternal age in years

27.0±5.2

26.2±5.3

26.5±5.3

0.30

Country of birth

   

0.19

 USA

4 (6.1)

7 (6.8)

11 (6.5)

 Mexico

35 (53.0)

63 (61.2)

98 (58.0)

 Central America

26 (39.4)

27 (26.3)

53 (31.4)

 Other

1 (1.5)

6 (5.8)

7 (4.1)

Primary language

   

0.23

 English

6 (9.0)

5 (4.9)

11 (6.5)

 Spanish

61 (91.0)

98 (95.1)

159 (93.5)

Years living in the US

6.4±6.9

6.7±5.4

6.6±6.0

0.76

 ≤1

11 (17.7)

11 (11.6)

22 (14.0)

 > 1 and ≤ 5

24 (38.7)

36 (37.9)

60 (38.2)

 > 5 and ≤10

17 (27.4)

28 (29.5)

45 (28.7)

 > 10

10 (16.1)

20 (21.0)

30 (19.1)

Marital status at intakeb

   

0.27

 Partnered

59 (88.1)

85 (83.3)

144 (85.2)

 Not partnered

8 (11.9)

17 (16.7)

25 (14.8)

Marital status at 1 year

   

0.07

 Partnered

60 (90.9)

83 (81.4)

143 (85.1)

 Not partnered

6 (9.1)

19 (18.6)

25 (14.9)

Any employment

   

0.21

 Yes

18 (26.9)

35 (34.0)

53 (31.2)

 No

49 (73.1)

68 (66.0)

117 (68.8)

Education

   

0.06

 High school or less

52 (77.6)

82 (82.0)

134 (80.2)

 Some college

8 (11.9)

16 (16.0)

24 (14.4)

 College

4 (6.0)

1 (1.0)

5 (3.0)

 Post college

3 (4.5)

1 (1.0)

4 (2.4)

WIC participationc

   

0.23

 Yes

64 (95.5)

94 (91.3)

159 (93.5)

 No

3 (4.5)

9 (8.7)

12 (7.1)

Other children

   

0.55

 Yes

36 (53.7)

55 (53.4)

91 (53.5)

 No

31 (46.3)

48 (46.6)

79 (46.5)

Previously breastfed d

   

0.03

 Yes

36 (100.0)

48 (87.3)

84 (92.3)

 No

0 (0.0)

7 (12.7)

7 (7.7)

IIFAS total score

68.4±7.2

66.6±7.4

67.3±7.4

0.11

IIFAS scoree

   

0.05

 Low score

28 (41.8)

58 (56.3)

86 (50.6)

 High score

39 (58.2)

45 (43.7)

84 (49.4)

Depressive symptoms at intakef

   

0.45

 Yes

22 (34.9)

32 (32.7)

54 (33.5)

 No

41 (65.1)

66 (67.3)

107 (66.5)

Depressive symptoms 4–6 weeks postpartum

   

0.40

 Yes

12 (18.5)

16 (15.7)

28 (16.8)

 No

53 (81.5)

86 (84.3)

139 (83.2)

BMIg

   

0.94

 Pre-pregnancy

25.9±5.5

26.0±5.7

26.0±5.6

 1 year

28.6±6.1

29.0±6.5

28.8±6.3

0.73

Pre-pregnancy BMI categoryh

   

0.89

 Normal (< 25)

28 (47.5)

45 (47.9)

73 (47.7)

 Overweight (≥25 or <30)

19 (32.2)

33 (35.1)

52 (34.0)

 Obese (≥30)

12 (20.3)

16 (17.0)

28 (18.3)

One year BMI category

   

0.66

 Normal (< 25)

18 (28.1)

30 (30.6)

48 (29.6)

 Overweight (≥25 or <30)

24 (37.5)

30 (30.6)

54 (33.3)

 Obese (≥30)

22 (34.4)

38 (38.8)

60 (39.0)

  1. a n 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.
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