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Table 3 Psychological and environmental data and bivariate analysis comparing factors based on duration of EBF

From: Impact of personal and environmental factors affecting exclusive breastfeeding practices in the first six months during the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand: a mixed-methods approach

Characteristics

Total (N = 390)

Group

p

EBF < 6 months (n = 244)

EBF 6 months (n = 146)

Psychological data

 Attitude toward vaccination

175.56 ± 32.49

177.53 ± 33.84

172.28 ± 29.92

0.120

 Intention to vaccinate

8.71 ± 2.23

8.62 ± 2.24

8.84 ± 2.22

0.072

 Anxiety about COVID-19 situation

51.85 ± 10.60

51.06 ± 10.64

53.18 ± 10.41

0.036*

 Fear about COVID-19

25.45 ± 4.99

25.70 ± 5.15

25.03 ± 4.68

0.211

 COVID-19 knowledge

9.57 ± 1.26

9.55 ± 9.61

9.61 ± 1.33

0.348

Environmental data

 Family type

  Nuclear

233 (59.7)

149 (61.1)

84 (57.5)

0.491

  Extended

157 (40.3)

95 (38.9)

62 (42.5)

 

 Family support

43.26 ± 5.78

42.82 ± 6.00

43.96 ± 5.31

0.031*

 Provider support

40.25 ± 6.13

39.84 ± 6.31

40.93 ± 5.78

0.028*

  1. *p-value < 0.05
  2. Data are shown as n (%) and mean ± standard deviation. Chi-squared testing was used for categorical variables (family type). Z-score in Mann–Whitney U test for continuous variables with not normally distributed data