Table 3 Descriptive characteristics of participating teachers
From: Getting schooled: teachers’ views on school-based breastfeeding education in Lebanon
Characteristics, n (%) | Descriptive statistics |
|---|---|
Demographic variables | |
Gender | |
Female | 168 (87) |
Male | 25 (13) |
Age, yearsa | 40 ± 11 |
Children | |
Has at least one child | 148 (77) |
No children | 45 (23) |
Number of childrenb | 2 (0–5) |
Age of eldest child, yearsb | 12 (0.25–42) |
Age of youngest child, yearsb | 9 (0.5–35) |
Gender of children | |
Only has males | 40 (27) |
Only has females | 33 (22) |
Has children of both | 75 (51) |
Breastfeeding characteristics | |
Breastfeeding history | |
Ever breastfedc | 116 (78) |
Never breastfed | 32 (22) |
Feeding of youngest child | |
Only human milk | 33 (22) |
Human milk and formula | 84 (57) |
Only formula | 27 (18) |
Missing data | 4 (3) |
Breastfeeding experienced | |
Unpleasant | 16 (14) |
Neutral | 13 (11) |
Pleasant | 81 (70) |
Missing data | 6 (5) |
Teaching characteristics | |
School division | |
Pre-K and Kindergarten | 38 (20) |
Primary (1st- 3rd grade) | 41 (21) |
Elementary (4th- 6th grade) | 31 (16) |
Intermediate (7th – 9th grade) | 37 (19) |
Secondary (10th – 12th grade) | 46 (24) |
Teacher by subjects taughte | |
Languages | 106 (55) |
Chemistry, physics, and/or math | 51 (26) |
Biologyf | 33 (17) |
Social studiesg | 18 (9) |