TABLE 1.
Background characteristics of 702 Maryland Infant Feeding Study participants1
| n = 702 | |
|---|---|
| Maternal characteristics | |
| Age, y | 26.9 ± 6.4 |
| Education category, % | |
| Less than high school | 20.5 |
| High school | 34.1 |
| College | 45.4 |
| Primiparous, % | 41.3 |
| Single, % | 60.3 |
| Stress (1–5)2 | 2.0 ± 0.79 |
| Depression (1–4)2 | 1.4 ± 0.46 |
| Anxiety (1–5)2 | 1.5 ± 0.56 |
| Infant characteristics | |
| Age, % | |
| 0–4 mo | 30.6 |
| 5–8 mo | 35.8 |
| 9–13 mo | 33.6 |
| Race/ethnicity, % | |
| White | 49.6 |
| Hispanic | 14.5 |
| African-American | 36.0 |
| Female infant, % | 47.6 |
| Currently breast-fed, % | 25.2 |
| Ever breast-fed, % | 64.1 |
| Birth weight, g | 3262 ± 640 |
| Low birth weight, % | 8.7 |
1
Values presented are means ± SD or %.
2
Mental health scales, with the range of scale scores provided in parentheses.