Table 2.
Breastfeeding behavior of respondents by socio-demographic and working characteristics
| Never breastfed | Ever breastfed | |||
| Only during maternity leave | Continued after returning to work | Chi-square P | ||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Total* | 291 (33.1) | 494 (56.3) | 93 (10.6) | |
| Age, years* | ||||
| < 30 | 123 (28.5) | 275 (63.6) | 34 (07.9) | <0.001 |
| ≥30 | 168 (37.7) | 219 (49.1) | 59 (13.2) | |
| Education* | ||||
| ≥ College | 99 (23.7) | 251 (60.2) | 67 (16.1) | <0.001 |
| ≤ High school | 188 (41.2) | 242 (53.1) | 26 (05.7) | |
| Children's age | ||||
| <1 yr | 45 (21.1) | 133 (62.5) | 35 (16.4) | <0.001 |
| 1–3 yr | 164 (32.6) | 291 (57.7) | 49 (09.7) | |
| >3 yr | 82 (50.9) | 70 (43.5) | 9 (05.6) | |
| Worksite | ||||
| Office | 29 (18.8) | 80 (52.0) | 45 (29.2) | <0.001 |
| Fab | 262 (36.2) | 414 (57.2) | 48 (06.6) | |
| Shift work | ||||
| No | 46 (24.1) | 98 (51.3) | 47 (24.6) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 245 (35.7) | 396 (57.6) | 46 (06.7) | |
| Flextime * | ||||
| Yes | 69 (28.6) | 126 (52.3) | 46 (19.1) | <0.001 |
| No | 210 (34.8) | 350 (58.1) | 43 (07.1) | |
| Employment, years * | ||||
| ≤6 | 130 (28.4) | 276 (60.4) | 51 (11.2) | <0.001 |
| 7–9 | 81 (31.2) | 150 (57.7) | 29 (11.1) | |
| ≥10 | 80 (49.7) | 68 (42.2) | 13 (8.1) | |
| Awareness of lactation rooms * | ||||
| Yes | 173 (27.5) | 371 (59.0) | 85 (13.5) | <0.001 |
| No | 117 (47.2) | 123 (49.6) | 8 (03.2) | |
| Awareness of breast pumping breaks * | ||||
| Yes | 49 (30.8) | 78 (49.1) | 32 (20.1) | <0.001 |
| No | 238 (33.5) | 412 (58.0) | 60 (08.5) | |
* missing values excluded.