TABLE 4. Differences in Demographic Factors and Scores on the Iowa Infant Feeding Attitude Scale (IIFAS).
| Demographic Factors Value | N = 140 | IIFAS Mean Score (SD ) | p Value |
| Correlation test | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (in years) | 30.04 | 64.55 (6.90) | .02 |
| The one-way analysis of variance | |||
| Maternal education level | |||
| Senior high school or lower | n = 45 | 63.33 (6.12) | .46 |
| College | n = 40 | 65.08 (5.87) | |
| University | n = 48 | 64.90 (7.99) | |
| Graduate or higher | n = 7 | 67.00 (9.18) | |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | n = 131 | 64.75 (6.93) | .40 |
| Divorced or separated | n = 2 | 63.50 (10.61) | |
| Single | n = 7 | 61.14 (5.40) | |
| Family annual income (in New Taiwan dollars)a | |||
| Less than $400,000 | n = 48 | 62.27 (5.75) | .02 |
| $400,000–$600,000 | n = 49 | 65.00 (6.28) | |
| $600,001–$1,000,000 | n = 34 | 66.09 (7.66) | |
| More than $1,000,000 | n = 9 | 68.44 (9.83) | |
| Parity | |||
| First birth | n = 67 | 64.51 (6.67) | .88 |
| Second birth | n = 60 | 64.40 (7.46) | |
| Third birth or more | n = 13 | 65.46 (5.72) | |
| t-test | |||
| Employment status | |||
| Return to work after maternity leave | n = 90 | 64.62 (7.05) | 1.22 |
| Unemployed | n = 50 | 64.42 (6.70) | |
| Gender of Baby | |||
| Female | n = 68 | 64.74 (6.03) | .76 |
| Male | n = 72 | 64.38 (7.67) | |
| Previous breastfeeding experience | |||
| Yes | n = 64 | 64.62 (7.35) | .91 |
| No | n = 76 | 64.49 (6.55) | |
| Condition of previous breastfeeding experience | |||
| Good | n = 45 | 65.58 (7.52) | .11 |
| Not good | n = 19 | 62.37 (6.58) | |
| Method of birth | |||
| Cesarean surgery | n = 44 | 64.84 (6.44) | .74 |
| Vaginal birth | n = 96 | 64.42 (7.13) | |
aIn 2010, $1 in U.S. currency equaled $32 in New Taiwan dollars.