Table 1.
Characteristics of Participants and Factors Associated with Intention to Breastfeed and Exclusively Breastfeed on Bivariate Analysis
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Intention to breastfeed |
Intention to exclusively breastfeed |
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| Characteristic | Of total n=653, n (%) | Yes n (row %) | p | Yes n (row %) | p |
| Age (years) | |||||
| <25 | 77 (11.8) | 67 (87.0) | 0.330a | 30 (39.0) | 0.755a |
| 25–29 | 384 (58.8) | 350 (91.4) | 114 (29.7) | ||
| ≥30 | 192 (29.4) | 176 (91.7) | 70 (36.5) | ||
| Household registration | |||||
| Non-Shanghai | 498 (76.3) | 454 (91.3) | 0.527 | 336 (67.5) | 0.814 |
| Shanghai | 155 (23.7) | 139 (89.7) | 103 (66.5) | ||
| Pregnant women's education level | |||||
| Junior middle school | 21 (3.2) | 20 (95.2) | 0.522a | 16 (76.2) | 0.897a |
| Senior middle school | 70 (10.7) | 64 (91.4) | 44 (62.9) | ||
| College and above | 562 (86.1) | 509 (90.7) | 379 (67.4) | ||
| Partner's education level | |||||
| Junior middle school | 14 (2.1) | 13 (92.9) | 0.788a | 9 (64.3) | 0.969a |
| Senior middle school | 58 (8.9) | 53 (91.4) | 40 (69.0) | ||
| College and above | 581 (89.0) | 527 (90.9) | 390 (67.1) | ||
| Family income per month | |||||
| <4,000 RMB | 47 (7.2) | 6 (12.8) | 0.337 | 19 (40.4) | 0.233 |
| ≥4,000 RMB | 604 (92.5) | 52 (8.6) | 193 (32.0) | ||
| Women's employment status | |||||
| Unemployed | 106 (16.2) | 93 (87.7) | 207 | 64 (60.4) | 0.101 |
| Employed | 547 (83.8) | 500 (91.6) | 375 (68.6) | ||
| Intended time back to work | |||||
| <6 months | 496 (76.0) | 450 (90.9) | 0.049 | 329 (66.3) | 0.094 |
| ≥6 months or don't plan to go back | 83 (12.7) | 80 (96.4) | 64 (77.1) | ||
| Don't know | 74 (11.3) | 63 (85.1) | 46 (62.2) | ||
| Rented accommodation | |||||
| No | 152 (23.3) | 49 (9.8) | 0.138 | 328 (65.7) | 0.127 |
| Yes | 499 (76.4) | 9 (5.9) | 110 (72.4) | ||
| Awareness of breastfeeding guidelinesb | |||||
| Lower | 289 (44.3) | 248 (85.8) | <0.001 | 162 (56.1) | <0.001 |
| Higher | 364 (55.7) | 345 (95.0) | 127 (43.9) | ||
a
By Mantel–Haenszel χ2 test.
b
Mean score, 3.6; median score, 4.0.