Table 4.
Maternal breastfeeding attitudes, classified by socio-demographic characteristics‡ (n = 322)
| I do not like breastfeeding. | Five classifications of foods should be avoided during lactation because these foods have a negative effect on the nursing baby. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disagree† | Agree† | Don't know | P | Disagree† | Agree† | Don't know | P | |
| (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | |||
| Current age | ||||||||
| 20-29 | 74.5 | 19.8 | 5.7 | 0.006 | 4.7 | 87.7 | 7.5 | 0.007 |
| 30-39 | 86.8 | 9.9 | 3.3 | 7.8 | 90.2 | 2.0 | ||
| > 40 | 65.4 | 30.8 | 3.8 | 9.4 | 75.5 | 15.1 | ||
| Education level | ||||||||
| Primary/Secondary level | 72.2 | 22.5 | 5.3 | 0.024 | 5.2 | 88.2 | 6.5 | 0.413 |
| Third level | 84.8 | 12.2 | 3.0 | 9.1 | 84.8 | 6.1 | ||
| Mother's birth place | ||||||||
| Mainland China (north) | 84.0 | 14.2 | 1.9 | 0.005 | 6.7 | 90.2 | 3.1 | 0.001 |
| Mainland China (south) | 77.4 | 15.1 | 7.5 | 4.7 | 88.8 | 6.5 | ||
| Hong Kong | 62.2 | 33.3 | 4.4 | 15.2 | 67.4 | 17.4 | ||
| Duration in Ireland (years) | ||||||||
| < = 5 | 83.8 | 11.1 | 5.1 | 0.037 | 5.1 | 89.9 | 5.1 | 0.004 |
| > 5-10 | 79.8 | 16.8 | 3.5 | 7.4 | 88.6 | 4.0 | ||
| > 10 | 62.8 | 32.6 | 4.7 | 11.6 | 69.8 | 18.6 | ||
‡ Group comparisons were performed by Pearson Chi-square analysis.
†Disagree = Strongly disagree/Tend to disagree; Agree = Strongly agree/Tend to agree.