Table 1.
Use of Two Breast-Pumping Breaks per Day by Demographic and Employee Characteristics and by Breastfeeding-Friendly Policy
| Use of breast-pumping breaks (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Total (%) | Yes (n=259) | No (n=456) | p value for χ2 test |
| Age (years) | 0.0459 | |||
| <30 | 23.9 | 19.7 | 26.3 | |
| ≥30 | 76.1 | 80.3 | 73.7 | |
| Education | <0.0001 | |||
| High school education and below | 28.3 | 15.1 | 36.0 | |
| College and above | 71.7 | 84.9 | 64.0 | |
| Husband's education | 0.0002 | |||
| High school education and below | 25.7 | 17.8 | 30.3 | |
| College and above | 74.3 | 82.2 | 69.7 | |
| Worksite | <0.0001 | |||
| Clean room | 44.8 | 31.3 | 52.4 | |
| Office | 55.2 | 68.7 | 47.6 | |
| Shift work | <0.0001 | |||
| Yes | 46.7 | 35.1 | 53.3 | |
| No | 53.3 | 64.9 | 46.7 | |
| Work hours per day | 0.5164 | |||
| 8 | 16.7 | 15.4 | 17.3 | |
| 9–14 | 83.3 | 84.6 | 82.7 | |