Table 2 Association between factors and breastfeeding patterns at different follow-up times after childbirth (N = 155)

 Age^a

0.057

0.009**

0.019 *

0.374

0.950

 Education^{c, d}

0.849

0.017*

0.214

0.050

0.750

 Delivery Type^d

0.300

0.019*

0.528

0.649

0.903

 BF intention^c

0.026*

0.0006***

0.0005***

0.0005***

0.0005***

 Time to initiate BF^{c, d}

0.006**

0.129

0.013*

0.021*

0.070

 Experience of BF friendly practices^{a, b}

< 0.0001***

< 0.001***

< 0.0001***

< 0.0001***

< 0.0001***

 BF self-efficacy^{a, b}

< 0.0001***

< 0.0001***

< 0.0001***

< 0.0001***

< 0.0001***