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Table 3 Sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants

From: Women’s advice to healthcare professionals regarding breastfeeding: “offer sensitive individualized breastfeeding support”- an interview study

 

Women

N = 139

n (%)

Country of birth

 Sweden

118 (85)

 Other

21 (15)

Level of education

 Compulsory school grades 1–9

5 (4)

 High school

32 (23)

 University

102 (73)

Civil status

 Married/cohabiting

133 (96)

 Single or not living with a partner

6 (4)

aAge of the women (years)

33.5 (5.61) [20–51]

a Number of children

1.8 (0.91) [1,2,3,4,5,6]

 One

62 (45)

 Two

51 (37)

 Three or more

26 (19)

aAge in months of the youngest child

21.0 (11.2) [6–56]

 Six to eighteen

69 (50)

 Nineteen to thirty

48 (35)

 Thirty-one to fifty-six

22 (16)

Feeding type for the youngest child at six months

 Exclusive breastfeeding

30 (22)

 Human milk and formula

4 (3)

 Human milk and solid food

95 (68)

 Human milk and formula and solid food

10 (7)

  1. aMean (standard deviation)[range]