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Table 4 Breastfeeding and COI stratify by race/ethnicity and birth country

From: The importance of community resources for breastfeeding

 

n (%)

Weighted

Percent

Breastfeeding

n (%)

OR for breastfeeding

Adjusted for child age, sex

OR for breastfeeding

Adjusted for child age, sex and

Maternal Demographics

US born White

1095

640 (58.2)

  

For any

Breastfeeding

    

Overall COI, nationally normed

    

 Very Low

152 (13.6)

61 (41.3)

REF

REF

 Low

251 (23.6)

128 (50.1)

1.4 (0.9,2.2)

1.1 (0.8,1.6)

 Moderate

253 (24.2)

139 (54.5)

1.7 (1.1,2.4)

1.1 (0.8,1.5)

 High

270 (23.6)

181 (66.3)

2.7 (1.6,4.5)

1.2(0.8,1.9)

 Very High

169 (15.0)

131 (79.5)

5.1 (3.3,8.0)

1.8 (1.1,2.7)

For exclusive breastfeeding

1095

406 (35.8)

  

Overall COI, nationally normed

   

 Very Low

152 (13.6)

36 (25.1)

REF

REF

 Low

251 (23.6)

71 (27.1)

1.1 (0.7,1.9)

0.9 (0.5,1.5)

 Moderate

253 (24.2)

80 (28.3)

1.2 (0.7,2.0)

0.8 (0.5,1.4)

 High

270 (23.6)

126 (45.5)

2.4 (1.2,4.7)

1.3(0.8,2.4)

 Very High

169 (15.0)

93 (55.8)

3.4 (2.1,5.7)

1.6 (1.0,2.6)

US born Black

    

For any

breastfeeding

617

241 (40.4)

  

Overall COI, nationally normed

   

 Very Low

391 (60.6)

147 (37.9)

REF

REF

 Low

118 (19.1)

46 (39.9)

1.1 (0.7,1.8)

1.0 (0.6,1.6)

 Moderate

53 (8.8)

21 (39.6)

1.1 (0.6,2.2)

0.9 (0.5,1.7)

 High

37 (7.7)

15 (46.8)

1.5 (0.7,3.1)

1.0 (0.5,2.2)

 Very High

18 (3.8)

12 (71.6)

3.9 (1.3,11.1)

2.3 (0.7,7.9)

For exclusive breastfeeding

617

85 (14.3)

  

Overall COI, nationally normed

   

 Very Low

391 (60.6)

46 (12.4)

REF

REF

 Low

118 (19.1)

17 (13.7)

1.2 (0.5,2.7)

1.1 (0.4,2.5)

 Moderate

53 (8.8)

7 (10.3)

0.9 (0.4,2.0)

0.8(0.4,1.8)

 High

37 (7.7)

9 (30.1)

3.8 (1.5,9.5)

2.9 (1.2,7.0)

 Very High

18 (3.8)

6 (24.6)

2.0 (0.8,4.9)

1.1 (0.5,2.6)

Non-US born Black

    

For any

breastfeeding

127

106 (83.0)

  

Overall COI, nationally normed

   

 Very Low

64 (45.8)

56 (87.1)

REF

REF

 Low

23 (17.3)

15 (64.2)

0.2 (0.1,0.5)

0.1 (0.0,0.5)

 Moderate

18 (17.6)

14 (75.1)

0.3 (0.1,0.9)

0.1 (0.0,0.3)

 High

13 (12.2)

13 (100)

--

--

 Very High

9 (7.2)

8 (93.5)

1.9 (0.2,21.0)

0.4 (0.0,3.0)

For exclusive breastfeeding

127

26 (20.9)

  

Overall COI, nationally normed

   

 Very Low

64 (45.8)

12 (22.9)

REF

REF

 Low

23 (17.3)

6 (26.8)

1.3 (0.5,3.6)

1.3 (0.4,3.8)

 Moderate

18 (17.6)

2 (10.4)

0.4 (0.1,1.9)

0.3 (0.0,2.9)

 High

13 (12.2)

1 (4.1)

0.1 (0.0,1.7)

0.1 (0.0,2.7)

 Very High

9 (7.2)

5 (48.3)

2.7 (0.5,14.9)

2.2 (0.3,15.4)

US born Hispanic

383

216 (58.7)

  

For any

breastfeeding

    

Overall COI, nationally normed

   

 Very Low

173 (40.4)

83 (50.3)

REF

REF

 Low

113 (29.9)

66 (58.4)

1.4 (0.8,2.5)

1.3 (0.7,2.4)

 Moderate

44 (12.9)

29 (68.3)

2.2 (0.8,5.7)

1.7 (0.6,5.3)

 High

38 (12.6)

28 (73.9)

2.5 (1.1,5.9)

2.0 (0.8,5.1)

 Very High

15 (4.1)

10 (66.8)

2.2 (0.8,6.4)

1.5 (0.4,5.6)

For exclusive breastfeeding

383

100 (29.0)

  

Overall COI, nationally normed

   

 Very Low

173 (40.4)

34 (22.4)

REF

REF

 Low

113 (29.9)

26 (23.5)

1.1 (0.7,1.8)

1.0 (0.6,1.7)

 Moderate

44 (12.9)

15 (35.9)

2.0 (0.9,4.5)

1.7 (0.7,4.1)

 High

38 (12.6)

16 (46.1)

3.0 (0.9,9.5)

2.4 (0.7,8.4)

 Very High

15 (4.1)

9 (59.8)

5.5 (2.1,14.8)

4.7 (1.5,14.5)

Non-US born Hispanic

  

For any

breastfeeding

424

313 (72.0)

  

Overall COI, nationally normed

   

 Very Low

202 (41.4)

145 (70.9)

REF

REF

 Low

128 (33.3)

91 (69.7)

0.8 (0.4,1.6)

0.8 (0.4,1.7)

 Moderate

49 (12.7)

37 (66.3)

0.7(0.3,2.1)

0.8(0.3,2.5)

 High

32 (8.8)

28 (84.6)

1.9 (0.5,7.1)

1.9 (0.5,7.2)

 Very High

13 (3.9)

12 (93.0)

4.5 (0.7,27.7)

5.4 (1.0,29.9)

For exclusive breastfeeding

424

108 (24.7)

  

Overall COI, nationally normed

   

 Very Low

202 (41.4)

44 (19.4)

REF

REF

 Low

128 (33.3)

35 (27.5)

1.4 (0.7,2.7)

1.3 (0.7,2.6)

 Moderate

49 (12.7)

13 (25.1)

1.3 (0.4,4.1)

1.2 (0.3,4.1)

 High

32 (8.8)

13 (41.8)

2.5 (1.0,6.3)

2.5 (1.0,6.4)

 Very High

13 (3.9)

3 (16.0)

0.6 (0.1,3.5)

0.7 (0.1,4.8)

Other

    

For any

breastfeeding

296

205 (73.1)

  

Overall COI, nationally normed

   

 Very Low

65 (16.3)

38 (57.6)

REF

REF

 Low

59 (16.0)

40 (75.1)

2.1 (0.9,5.0)

1.3(0.5,3.8)

 Moderate

57 (21.2)

33 (65.3)

1.4 (0.6,3.6)

0.6 (0.2,1.8)

 High

71 (28.0)

60 (85.0)

3.9 (1.6,9.7)

1.6 (0.6,4.3)

 Very High

44 (18.5)

34 (76.1)

2.2 (1.1,4.4)

0.6 (0.2,1.5)

For exclusive breastfeeding

296

96 (33.7)

  

Overall COI, nationally normed

   

 Very Low

65 (16.3)

15 (24.1)

REF

REF

 Low

59 (16.0)

17 (29.1)

1.2 (0.4,3.7)

0.7 (0.2,2.7)

 Moderate

57 (21.2)

19 (36.4)

1.9 (0.7,5.1)

1.1 (0.4,3.3)

 High

71 (28.0)

25 (33.3)

1.4 (0.6,3.4)

0.6(0.3,1.7)

 Very High

44 (18.5)

20 (43.5)

2.2 (0.8,5.8)

0.8 (0.3,2.4)

  1. Weighted analysis accounting for sampling design
  2. Demographics– maternal age, race, employment, and education