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Table 3 Association between intention to continue breastfeeding and associated factors among employed mothers by multiple logistic regression

From: Shift-work and breastfeeding for women returning to work in a manufacturing workplace in Taiwan

Variables

Continue to breastfeed after returning to work with shift work

Continue to breastfeed after returning to work without shift work

between 1–6 months

 >  = 6 months

between 1–6 months

 >  = 6 months

AORa (95%CI)

AORa (95%CI)

AORa (95%CI)

AORa (95%CI)

Age (< 30 vs ≧30)

1.63 (0.62 − 4.27)

0.94 (0.27 − 3.31)

1.56 (0.62 − 3.90)

0.59 (0.15 − 2.26)

Education (≧ College vs ≦ High school)

0.98 (0.39 − 2.49)

1.13 (0.38 − 3.40)

1.74 (0.67 − 4.48)

9.57 (2.32 − 39.47)

Worksite (clean room vs office)

1.45 (0.51 − 4.09)

2.19 (0.63 − 7.61)

0.76 (0.29 − 1.98)

0.57 (0.18 − 1.80)

Work hours per day (8 vs 9 − 14)

0.36 (0.06 − 2.12)

1.36 (0.22 − 8.31)

1.43 (0.64 − 3.19)

2.43 (0.98 − 6.01)

Using lactation room

50.33 (18.55 − 136.52)

76.87 (18.85 − 313.49)

8.37 (3.28 − 21.33)

5.33 (1.98 − 14.33)

Awareness of breast-pumping breaks policy

0.62 (0.22 − 1.73)

1.39 (0.38 − 5.07)

2.07 (0.90 − 4.73)

0.86 (0.34 − 2.17)

Using breast-pumping breaks

5.20 (1.78 − 15.21)

4.10 (1.16 − 14.43)

18.34 (6.31 − 53.28)

55.48 (16.88 − 182.33)

Colleagues encourage me to use breast-pumping breaks

1.80 (0.41 − 7.99)

4.05 (0.67 − 24.21)

3.85 (0.98 − 14.23)

1.97 (0.42 − 9.30)

Supervisor encourages me to use breast-pumping breaks

0.77 (0.16 − 3.60)

0.34 (0.07 − 1.68)

0.29 (0.09 − 1.46)

0.42 (0.11 − 1.58)

Environmental health nurses encourage me to use breast-pumping breaks

1.01 (0.22 − 4.53)

1.77 (0.37 − 8.40)

1.99 (0.66 − 5.95)

1.19 (0.28 − 4.92)

Partner encourages me to use breast-pumping breaks

0.77 (0.17 − 3.51)

0.83 (0.09 − 7.06)

1.28 (0.38 − 4.34)

4.89 (1.07 − 22.38)

  1. aAOR adjusted odds ratio and adjusted for all variables in the model