Table 8.

Mean partner engagement score (95% confidence interval) and associated infant feeding patterns and breastfeeding problems, by parity

	Primiparous women		Multiparous women
	Mean (95% CI)	Adjusted* p	Mean (95% CI)	Adjusted* p
Tried to breastfeed at least once	7.18 (7.08, 7.29)		4.95 (4.85, 5.06)
Never tried to breastfeed	6.36 (6.05, 6.66)	0.00	4.75 (4.53, 4.97)	0.05
Infant feeding in first few days
Breastfeeding only	7.25 (7.13, 7.38)		4.95 (4.84, 5.06)
Breast and formula	6.98 (6.76, 7.20)		4.91 (4.63, 5.20)
Formula only	6.61 (6.35, 6.86)	0.00	4.76 (4.56, 4.97)	0.10
Infant feeding at 3 months
Formula	6.89 (6.75, 7.03)		4.84 (4.71, 4.97)
Breastfeeding	7.42 (7.25, 7.58)		4.97 (4.81, 5.13)
Both formula and breast	7.06 (6.82, 7.30)		4.95 (4.70, 5.21)
Other	7.67 (5.85, 9.38)	0.00	5.00 (2.68, 7.32)	0.31
Breastfeeding duration
didn’t breastfeed	6.44 (6.17, 6.70)		4.82 (4.61, 5.03)
1-20 days	7.12 (6.88, 7.36)		4.82 (4.58, 5.06)
21-98 days	6.99 (6.76, 7.22)		4.90 (4.67, 5.13)
still breastfeeding	7.30 (7.16, 7.43)	0.00	4.96 (4.83, 5.10)	0.25
Of those women breastfeeding: Breastfeeding problems at 10 days
Yes	7.22 (7.06, 7.38)		5.11 (4.91, 5.31)
No	7.20 (7.03, 7.37)	0.86	4.85 (4.71, 4.99)	0.03

*Adjusted for maternal ethnicity, age, IMD. age on leaving full-time education, and father’s country of birth.