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Psychological factors
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Feeding intention at birth
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Breastfeed only
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176 (60.9)
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Mix feed with formula
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112 (38.8)
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Formula feed only
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1 (0.4)
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Intention of ‘any breastfeeding’ duration
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At least 6 months
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101 (30.6)
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At least 12 months
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68 (20.6)
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At least 24 months
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16 (4.8)
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As long as possible
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100 (30.3)
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Didn’t think how long
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45 (13.6)
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Awareness of exclusive breastfeeding recommendation
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6 months
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127 (44.3)
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Others (don’t know and ≠6 months)
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160 (55.8)
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Awareness of recommended age to introduce solid foods
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6 months
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154 (53.3)
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≠ 6 months
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135 (46.7)
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Negative breastfeeding sentiment score
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226.7 (100.2) possible scores 15–540
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Breastfeeding control score
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40.5 (10.4) possible scores 9–54
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Health professional subjective norm score
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25.7 (19.2) possible scores −27 to 27
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Family subjective norm score
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20.2 (21.3) possible scores −36 to 36
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Cultural Factors
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Preferred Language
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Predominantly Chinese
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98 (37.4)
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Bilingual
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137 (52.3)
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Predominantly English
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27 (10.3)
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Followed Chinese traditional postnatal care
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Yes
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219 (76.6)
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No and wouldn’t like to
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53 (18.5)
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No but would like to
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14 (4.9)
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Importance of traditional postnatal care to breastfeeding
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Extremely important
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80 (24.5)
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Very important
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112 (34.3)
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Moderately important
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65 (19.9)
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Slightly important
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39 (11.9)
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Not at all important
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31 (9.5)
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