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Table 3 Women’s reasons for attending drop-in centres (data from drop-in centre log books)a

From: Implementation and evaluation of community-based drop-in centres for breastfeeding support in Victoria, Australia

 

LGA A

n = 1014

LGA B

n = 94

LGA C

n = 274

Total

n = 1382

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Breastfeeding reasons

148

15

78

83

229

84

455

33

 Breastfeeding issue

106

10

38

40

162

59

306

22

 Breastfeeding support

126

12

61

65

81

30

268

19

Social support

 Meet other mothers

31

3

9

10

1

<1

41

3

 Help other mothers

19

2

7

7

1

<1

27

2

Parenting

 Feed my babyb

412

41

5

5

14

5

431

31

 Parenting informationd

129

13

–

–

–

–

–

–

Otherc

590

58

9

10

26

9

625

45

  1. aParticipants could indicate multiple options, so % could add to >100
  2. bIncluded both breastfeeding and formula feeding
  3. cReasons included using the facilities, weighing baby and having a rest
  4. dOnly an available option for LGA A
  5. LGA Local Government Area