Table 2.
Prevalence of sources of breastfeeding information, stratified across breastfeeding initiation and duration, and adjusted associations between breastfeeding information from sources and likelihood of breastfeeding < 10 weeks and ≥ 10 weeks (vs. not breastfeeding), weighted to be nationally representative, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Phase 8, 2016–2019. Due to small sample size (n = 44 unweighted), Native Hawaiian women were excluded from the analyses
| Breastfed ≥ 10 weeks | Breastfed < 10 weeks | Did not Breastfeed (reference) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | aOR (95% CI)a | % | aOR (95% CI)a | % | |
| Sources of information | |||||
| Baby’s doctor | 61.9 | 1.43 (1.33, 1.54) | 27.4 | 1.40 (1.29, 1.51) | 10.3 |
| Personal doctor | 59.1 | 0.49 (0.45, 0.53) | 28.1 | 0.78 (0.71, 0.85) | 12.9 |
| Family/friends | 64.9 | 2.14 (2.01, 2.29) | 26.6 | 1.93 (1.80, 2.07) | 8.5 |
| Support group | 66.6 | 2.02 (1.85, 2.19) | 25.9 | 1.46 (1.33, 1.59) | 7.5 |
| Hotline | 61.1 | 0.83 (0.74, 0.92) | 29.3 | 0.94 (0.84, 1.06) | 9.6 |
| Nurse/midwife/doula | 63.4 | 1.71 (1.60, 1.84) | 26.3 | 1.45 (1.35, 1.57) | 10.3 |
Abbreviations: OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
a Adjusted for age at birth, education, Kotelchuck index (prenatal care), race/ethnicity, and all other sources of breastfeeding information; reference group = did not breastfeed