Demographic variables | n (%) median [IQR] mean ± SD |
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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) |