Table 2 Sample characteristics, by Child Opportunity Index (COI) category (n = 2942)
From: The importance of community resources for breastfeeding
| Â | Â | Overall COI Nationally Normed | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | Overall | Very Low n (%) | Low n (%) | Moderate n (%) | High n (%) | Very High n (%) | p-value |
Overall | 2942 | 1047 (26.6) | 692 (24.2) | 474 (19.1) | 461 (18.8) | 268 (11.2) | Â |
Mother’s age > 25 | 2000 (69.7) | 589 (54.1) | 444 (63.3) | 330 (70.2) | 390 (85.0) | 247 (94.2) | < 0.0001 |
Maternal race/ethnicity/nativity |  |  |  |  |  |  | < 0.0001 |
 US-born white | 1095 (50.4) | 152 (25.8) | 251 (49.2) | 253 (63.7) | 270 (63.3) | 169 (67.6) |  |
 US-born Black | 617 (10.5) | 391 (23.9) | 118 (8.3) | 53 (4.8) | 37 (4.3) | 18 (3.6) |  |
 Non-US-born Black | 127 (2.4) | 64 (4.1) | 23 (1.7) | 18 (2.2) | 13 (1.5) | 9 (1.5) |  |
 US-born Hispanic | 383 (12.8) | 173 (19.4) | 113 (15.8) | 44 (8.6) | 38 (8.6) | 15 (4.7) |  |
 Non-US-born Hispanic | 424 (13.0) | 202 (20.2) | 128 (17.8) | 49 (8.6) | 32 (6.0) | 13 (4.5) |  |
 Other | 296 (11.0) | 65 (6.7) | 59 (7.3) | 57 (12.1) | 71 (16.3) | 44 (18.1) |  |
Mother’s Education |  |  |  |  |  |  | < 0.0001 |
 Less than HS | 416 (12.5) | 263 (26.3) | 96 (14.2) | 35 (6.1) | 21 (4.4) | 1 (0.3) |  |
 HS or GED | 733 (22.7) | 362 (34.0) | 201 (28.5) | 105 (22.6) | 48 (10.0) | 17 (4.7) |  |
 Some college | 938 (31.1) | 319 (29.4) | 261 (36.7) | 161 (33.9) | 151 (31.6) | 46 (16.9) |  |
 College Graduate | 563 (21.8) | 81 (7.8) | 95 (14.8) | 124 (25.6) | 146 (32.6) | 117 (45.7) |  |
 Graduate School | 292 (12.0) | 22 (2.5) | 39 (5.9) | 49 (11.8) | 95 (21.4) | 87 (32.3) |  |
Employed | 1694 (59.3) | 490 (47.5) | 381 (54.5) | 306 (62.9) | 325 (70.4) | 192 (72.8) | < 0.0001 |
Child age |  |  |  |  |  |  | < 0.0001 |
 8–11 weeks | 1823 (63.6) | 595 (56.4) | 417 (61.3) | 288 (64.1) | 315 (68.4) | 208 (76.6) |  |
 12–15 weeks | 492 (16.7) | 180 (18.8) | 125 (17.0) | 82 (15.4) | 68 (15.8) | 37 (14.8) |  |
 16–19 weeks | 292 (9.4) | 119 (11.1) | 75 (11.4) | 46 (9.2) | 38 (7.5) | 14 (5.0) |  |
 20+ weeks | 335 (10.3) | 153 (13.7) | 75 (10.3) | 58 (11.3) | 40 (8.4) | 9 (3.7) |  |