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Table 5 Season of birth and conditional likelihood of breastfeeding to the 6-week, 6-month, and 1-year duration targets

From: Seasonal differences in breastfeeding in the United States: a secondary analysis of longitudinal survey data

 

All Genders

Male

Female

Conditional Six-week Duration

Summer

0.00931 (0.02770)

−0.01209 (0.04041)

0.02784 (0.03819)

Fall

0.03840 (0.02805)

−0.01812 (0.04071)

0.10309*** (0.03897)

Winter

0.02859 (0.02794)

−0.02171 (0.03992)

0.07894** (0.03953)

Conditional Six-month Duration

Summer

0.02852 (0.03606)

−0.02154 (0.05300)

0.08228 (0.05004)

Fall

−0.01387 (0.03632)

0.01374 (0.05359)

−0.03801 (0.05013)

Winter

0.07307** (0.03615)

0.08023 (0.05245)

0.06525 (0.05093)

Conditional One-Year Duration

Summer

0.07981 (0.05186)

0.04022 (0.07646)

0.11531 (0.07358)

Fall

0.11498** (0.05361)

0.06065 (0.07561)

0.17360** (0.07908)

Winter

0.02050 (0.05059)

0.00203 (0.07095)

0.05839 (0.07485)

  1. Estimations use the full model of controls, but only seasonal results are presented. The 6-month and 1-year duration targets are estimated only for those observations that met the shorter target (6- weeks and 6-months respectively). The sample of those breastfeeding at all includes 2037 observations (1026 males and 1011 females). The sample of those breastfeeding at least 6 weeks includes 728 males and 724 females. Those breastfeeding for at least 6 months includes 315 males and 290 females
  2. ***Denotes significantly different from 0 at the 99% level, and ** at the 95% level