Table 3.
Scale variables by workplace sector.
| Healthcare & Social Assistance | Education & Training | Administrative & Support Services | Professional & Financial | Mining & Manufacturing | Full sample | ANOVA | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | n | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | F | p |
| Maternal age | 2451 | 33.0 | 4.1 | 32.8 | 4.2 | 31.4 | 4.5 | 34.0 | 4.4 | 33.5 | 4.6 | 33.0 | 4.3 | 21.7 | <0.0001 |
| Confidence in speaking up about rights | 2146 | 75.5 | 23.0 | 68.2 | 26.3 | 74.6 | 25.3 | 77.2 | 22.7 | 76.9 | 23.8 | 74.7 | 24.1 | 9.12 | <0.0001 |
| Age ceased BF (months)a | 1025 | 19.4 | 8.6 | 18.7 | 9.1 | 19.2 | 7.9 | 20.0 | 9.7 | 16.4 | 6.8 | 19.2 | 8.8 | 2.14 | 0.074 |
| Age of child when RTWa | 2440 | 8.8 | 3.8 | 8.8 | 3.8 | 7.9 | 3.6 | 8.8 | 3.7 | 7.8 | 3.5 | 8.6 | 3.7 | 5.82 | 0.0001 |
| Length of time EBM at work (months)a | 1234 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 6.6 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 1.82 | 0.122 |
| Age of child when EBM no longer needed (months)a | 1213 | 13.6 | 4.2 | 12.8 | 4.0 | 13.5 | 4.2 | 13.9 | 4.7 | 12.8 | 3.6 | 13.5 | 4.3 | 2.71 | 0.029 |
Abbreviations: ANOVA, analysis of variance; EBM, expressed breastmilk; RTW, Return To Work.
a
Results are strongly cross correlated, absolute r values range from 0.25 to 0.52.