Table 1.
Characteristics of mothers and infants in the two national breast-feeding prevalence studies in Greece (2007 and 2017), by study year
| 2017 | 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/N | % | 95 % CI | n/N | % | 95 % CI | |
| Maternal age (years) | ||||||
| 16–24 | 47/542 | 8·7 | 6·2, 12·0 | 52/582 | 8·9 | 6·5, 12·2 |
| 25–34 | 315/542 | 58·1 | 53·9, 62·2 | 389/582 | 66·8 | 63·4, 70·1 |
| ≥35 | 180/542 | 33·2 | 28·9, 37·8 | 141/582 | 24·2 | 20·6, 28·3 |
| Maternal country of origin | ||||||
| Greece | 469/543 | 86·4 | 81·7, 90·0 | 501/583 | 85·9 | 81·3, 89·6 |
| Albania | 39/543 | 7·2 | 5·0, 10·2 | 43/583 | 7·4 | 4·9, 10·9 |
| Other | 35/543 | 6·4 | 4·3, 9·6 | 39/583 | 6·7 | 4·9, 9·0 |
| Region of hospital | ||||||
| Attica | 221/549 | 40·3 | 28·5, 53·3 | 248/586 | 42·3 | 30·3, 55·4 |
| Central Greece | 91/549 | 16·6 | 8·6, 29·6 | 92/586 | 15·7 | 8·4, 27·5 |
| Northern Greece | 180/549 | 32·8 | 21·8, 46·1 | 176/586 | 30·0 | 19·5, 43·3 |
| Aegean islands and Crete | 57/549 | 10·4 | 4·7, 21·3 | 70/586 | 11·9 | 5·6, 23·6 |
| Maternal educational attainment | ||||||
| Primary, secondary and post-secondary education | 271/542 | 50·0 | 45·0, 55·0 | 372/583 | 63·8 | 58·7, 68·6 |
| Tertiary education | 271/542 | 50·0 | 45·0, 55·0 | 211/583 | 36·2 | 31·4, 41·3 |
| Private insurance | ||||||
| Yes | 61/528 | 11·6 | 8·5, 15·6 | 144/583 | 24·7 | 18·8, 31·7 |
| No | 467/528 | 88·4 | 84·4, 91·5 | 439/583 | 75·3 | 68·3, 81·2 |
| Maternal employment during pregnancy | ||||||
| Yes | 320/543 | 58·9 | 54·0, 63·7 | 381/583 | 65·3 | 60·5, 69·9 |
| No | 223/543 | 41·1 | 36·3, 46·0 | 202/583 | 34·7 | 30·1, 39·5 |
| Maternal smoking at the time of interview | ||||||
| Yes | 119/545 | 21·8 | 18·9, 25·1 | 184/584 | 31·5 | 27·9, 35·3 |
| No | 426/545 | 78·2 | 74·9, 81·1 | 400/584 | 68·5 | 64·7, 72·1 |
| Infant gender | ||||||
| Male | 314/549 | 57·2 | 53·5, 60·9 | 291/586 | 49·7 | 45·4, 54·0 |
| Female | 235/549 | 42·8 | 39·1, 46·5 | 295/586 | 50·3 | 46·0, 54·6 |
| Gestational age (weeks) | ||||||
| <33 | 15/521 | 2·9 | 1·3, 6·3 | 6/580 | 1·0 | 0·5, 2·2 |
| 34–36 | 40/521 | 7·7 | 5·5, 10·6 | 52/580 | 9·0 | 6·9, 11·6 |
| ≥37 | 466/521 | 89·4 | 84·8, 92·8 | 522/580 | 90·0 | 87·2, 92·2 |
| Birth weight (g) | ||||||
| <2000 | 14/549 | 2·6 | 1·2, 5·4 | 7/585 | 1·2 | 0·5, 2·7 |
| 2000–2499 | 34/549 | 6·2 | 4·4, 8·6 | 37/585 | 6·3 | 4·4, 8·9 |
| ≥2500 | 501/549 | 91·3 | 87·7, 93·9 | 541/585 | 92·3 | 89·8, 94·5 |
| Maternity hospital type | ||||||
| Public | 268/549 | 48·8 | 36·2, 61·6 | 270/586 | 46·1 | 33·7, 59·0 |
| Private | 281/549 | 51·2 | 38·4, 63·8 | 316/586 | 53·9 | 41·0, 66·3 |
| Mode of delivery | ||||||
| Vaginal birth | 253/548 | 46·2 | 42·2, 50·2 | 296/585 | 50·6 | 46·3, 54·9 |
| Caesarean section | 295/548 | 53·8 | 49·8, 57·8 | 289/585 | 49·4 | 45·1, 53·7 |