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Table 1 Characteristics of participants (n = 270)

From: A qualitative study on the breastfeeding experience of mothers of preterm infants in the first 12 months after birth

Demographic variables

n (%) median [IQR] mean ± SD

Maternal variables

 Age, years

30.5 ± 4.8

 Maternal educational level

  Higher education

154 (51)

  Upper secondary school or less

116 (49)

 Primipara

159 (59)

 Mothers not born in Sweden

16 (6)

 Vaginal birth

152 (56)

 Multiple birth

32 (12)

 Gestational age at birth, weeks

34 [2]

 Exclusive breastfeeding

  at discharge

230 (85)

  8 weeks after discharge

171 (63)

  6 months after birth

75 (28)

 Partial breastfeeding 12 months after birth

39 (15)

  1. SD Standard deviation, IQR Interquartile range