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. 2006 Jun 21;6:160. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-160

Table 4.

Effects of awareness of policy on breastfeeding behaviors

Ever breastfed* Continued breastfeeding after returning to work†

OR‡ (95%CI) P value OR* (95%CI) P value
Stratified by worksite
Awareness of lactation room Fab‡
Yes/No 7.88 (2.36–26.32) 0.001 2.06 (0.78–5.40) 0.143
Awareness of breast pumping breaks
Yes/No 0.84 (0.56–1.26) 0.399 2.15 (1.09–4.26) 0.028
Awareness of lactation rooms Office ‡
Yes/No 2.83 (0.99–8.06) 0.052 6.53 (1.33–32.13) 0.021
Awareness of breast pumping breaks
Yes/No 1.14 (0.33–3.95) 0.833 4.91 (1.79–13.46) 0.002
Selected by awareness of policy
Worksite High awareness of policy ‡§
Office/Fab 2.38 (0.65–8.71) 0.189 8.65 (2.48–30.18) 0.001

*Women who never breastfed as reference group.

† Women who only breastfed during maternity leave as reference group.

‡Adjusted for mother's age, education, employment and children's age.

§Only women who both knew about lactation rooms and breast pumping breaks in the model.