Table 2.

Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR) of Significant Predictors of Breastfeeding Initiation in Multivariable Logistic Regression

Independent Variable (Weighted n = 974)*	AOR (95% Confidence Interval)
Childhood sexual abuse (c.f. no sexual abuse)†	2.58 (1.14, 5.85)
Marital status (c.f. never married)
Married	1.71 (1.03, 2.83)
Education (c.f. < high school)
Some college education	2.39 (1.28, 4.49)
College graduate or beyond	6.23 (2.90, 13.40)
Race/Ethnicity (c.f. African American)
Caucasian (non-Hispanic)	1.79 (1.06, 3.01)
Hispanic	2.54 (1.34, 4.80)
Region of country (c.f. South)
West	2.57 (1.48, 4.47)
Attended childbirth class (c.f. did not attend)	1.79 (1.17, 2.72)
Encouraged to breastfeed (c.f. was not encouraged)	4.52 (3.01, 6.78)
Social support (c.f. many people to turn to if problem arises)
None	2.74 (1.19, 6.33)

Nonsignificant predictors that are also in the model include being divorced or separated, having a high school education, maternal age (25–29, 30–34, and 35+ years old versus < 25 years old), not receiving government assistance versus receiving government assistance, having insurance coverage that paid for prenatal care in part or full versus not having insurance coverage, having childbirth delivery insurance coverage that paid for delivery in part or in full versus not having insurance coverage, living in the Northeast or North central census regions, wanting the pregnancy versus not wanting the pregnancy, being primiparous versus multiparious, having few people to turn to when a problem arises, wanting to raise children differently than you were raised or wanting to raise children the same in some ways but different in other ways than you were raised versus raising your children the same way you were raised, reporting experiencing childhood emotional abuse versus not, and reporting experiencing physical abuse versus not.