Table 2.
Continued Breastfeeding Behavior by Demographic, Employee Characteristics, and Breastfeeding-Friendly Policy
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Continue to breastfeed after returning to work |
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| Variable | No (n=379) | ≤6 months (n=164) | >6 months (n=172) | p value for χ2test |
| Age (years) | 0.0019 | |||
| <30 | 95 (55.6) | 52 (30.4) | 24 (14.0) | |
| ≤30 | 264 (48.5) | 132 (24.3) | 148 (27.2) | |
| Education | <0.0001 | |||
| College and above | 222 (43.4) | 142 (27.7) | 148 (28.9) | |
| High school and below | 137 (67.5) | 42 (20.7) | 24 (11.8) | |
| Husband's education | 0.0012 | |||
| College and above | 246 (46.3) | 143 (26.9) | 142 (26.8) | |
| High school and below | 113 (61.4) | 41 (22.3) | 30 (16.3) | |
| Worksite | <0.0001 | |||
| Clean room | 198 (61.9) | 67 (20.9) | 55 (17.2) | |
| Office | 161 (40.8) | 117 (29.6) | 117 (29.6) | |
| Shift work | <0.0001 | |||
| Yes | 202 (60.5) | 77 (23.0) | 55 (16.5) | |
| No | 157 (41.2) | 107 (28.1) | 117 (30.7) | |
| Work hours per day | 0.0014 | |||
| 8 | 54 (45.4) | 32 (26.9) | 33 (27.7) | |
| 9–14 | 305 (51.1) | 152 (25.5) | 139 (23.3) | |
| Access to lactation room | 0.3043 | |||
| Independent space | 299 (49.2) | 157 (25.8) | 152 (25.0) | |
| No independent space | 60 (56.1) | 27 (25.2) | 152 (25.0) | |
| Breastfeeding knowledge | 0.0210 | |||
| Sufficient | 189 (49.2) | 88 (22.9) | 107 (27.9) | |
| Insufficient | 170 (51.4) | 96 (29.0) | 65 (19.6) | |
| Awareness of breast pumping breaks | <0.0001 | |||
| Yes | 240 (44.9) | 150 (28.1) | 144 (27.0) | |
| No | 28 (15.4) | |||
| Using breast pumping breaks | 119 (65.8) | 34 (18.8) | <0.0001 | |
| Yes | 17 (6.6) | 114 (44.0) | 128 (49.4) | |
| No | 342 (75.0) | 70 (15.4) | 44 (9.6) | |