Table 3.
feeding outcomes of the study mothers (n. 1360) after confinements.
| feeding outcomes | ||||||||||||
| any breast-feeding at all | fully breast-fed on first day of life | fully breast-fed on days 2 – 6 | fully breast-fed second week of life | fully breast-fed third week of life | fully breast-fed fourth week of life | |||||||
| breast-fed (percent) | other (1) | breast-fed (percent) | other (1) | breast-fed (percent) | other (1) | breast-fed (percent) | other (1) | breast-fed (percent) | other (1) | breast-fed (percent) | other (1) | |
| CTVB | ||||||||||||
| A | 120 (62) | 73 | 98 (54) | 83 | 97 (53) | 85 | 83 (46) | 99 | 69 (40) | 113 | 58 (31) | 129 |
| B | 311 (72) | 118 | 260 (64) | 249 | 243 (59) | 169 | 226 (54) | 189 | 178 (43) | 237 | 153 (36) | 267 |
| C | 226 (82) | 51 | 194 (72) | 76 | 168 (62) | 101 | 163 (60) | 109 | 132 (49) | 139 | 117 (43) | 157 |
| D | 130 (88) | 18 | 111 (77) | 33 | 108 (76) | 35 | 104 (73) | 39 | 89 (63) | 53 | 81 (57) | 62 |
| E+ | 65 (89) | 8 | 117 (85) | 20 | 109 (80) | 27 | 96 (70) | 41 | 90 (65) | 49 | 80 (57) | 60 |
| 852 | 268 | 780 | 361 | 725 | 417 | 672 | 477 | 558 | 591 | 489 | 675 | |
| Total | 1120 | 1141 | 1142 | 1149 | 1149 | 1164 | ||||||
| X2 for trend = 43.5 | X2 for trend = 73.40 | X2 for trend = 35.14 | X2 for trend = 32.04 | X2 for trend = 37.52 | X2 for trend = 32.25 | |||||||
| P < 0.001 (1 d.f) | P < 0.001 (1 d.f) | P < 0.001 (1 d.f) | P < 0.001 (1 d.f) | P < 0.001 (1 d.f) | P < 0.001 (1 d.f) | |||||||
1) not all women responded to all questions on questionnaires