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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Matern Child Health J. 2014 Oct;18(8):1955–1963. doi: 10.1007/s10995-014-1441-z

Table 2.

Breastfeeding Behaviors by Three-Generation Household Status (%)

ECLS-B FFCWB
Three-Generation
p value Three-Generation
p value
Yes No Yes No
Ever Breastfed 58.6 71.7 0.000 49.8 59.8 0.000
Breastfed 6 months or more 1 27.5 47.4 0.000 24.1 39.6 0.000
N 1450 6800 1091 2962

Note. ECLS-B statistics are weighted and N’s are unweighted and rounded to the nearest 50 as per NCES requirements. Chi-square test was used to assess the proportional differences. Sample restricted to singleton births.

1

Sample restricted to mothers who breastfed: n=5500 in the ELCS-B and n=2295 in FFCWB.