Table 1.

Study participant characteristics

		Control			Intervention
Mother's characteristics		N	M	SD	N	M	SD	p
Week of Pregnancy at Enrollment		109	29.2	2.4	111	29.7	2.5	0.12
Household Size (range 1-13)		109	4.3	1.8	111	4.2	1.7	0.60
Age		109	27.1	6.3	111	27.8	5.8	0.38
Number of Hours Work Per Week		40	24.7	11.4	42	28.4	11.9	0.16
Annual Household Income		58	$18,335	$9,991	64	$20,098	$8,273	0.29
Number of Children		75	1.8	1.0	79	1.7	1.0	0.75
Acculturation		109	2.1	1.4	111	2.0	1.3	0.49
		N	%		N	%		p
Enrolled in WIC	No	105	96.3%		104	93.7%		0.28
	Yes	4	3.7%		7	6.3%
Assigned a WIC Breastfeeding peer counselor	No	3	2.8%		2	1.8%		0.49
	Yes	103	97.2%		107	98.2%
Marital Status	Single	47	43.1%		49	44.1%		0.49
	Married	61	56.0%		58	52.3%
	Divorced	0	0.0%		2	1.8%
	Separated	1	0.9%		2	1.8%
Education	Some grade school	4	3.7%		7	6.3%		0.44
	Completed grade school	17	15.6%		27	24.3%
	Some HS	27	24.8%		26	23.4%
	Completed HS	41	37.6%		31	27.9%
	Some college	9	8.3%		11	9.9%
	Completed College	10	9.2%		8	7.2%
	Some graduate school	0			1	0.9%
	Completed graduate degree	1	0.9%		0
Vocational Training	No	74	88.1%		77	91.7%		0.72
	Yes	9	10.7%		6	7.1%
	Some	1	1.2%		1	1.2%
Number of other children	0	2	2.7%		1	1.3%		0.81
	1	34	45.3%		40	50.6%
	2	25	33.3%		26	32.9%
	3	9	12.0%		7	8.9%
	4	4	5.3%		4	5.1%
	5	1	1.3%		0
	6	0			1	1.3%
Breastfed prior	No	20	22.5%		12	13.8%		0.10
	Yes	69	77.5%		75	86.2%
		N	M	SD	N	M	SD	p
Intent to breastfeed at baseline	Average	109	3.8	1.5	111	4.3	1.2	0.02
Birth data		N	%		N	%		p
Full Term Baby	No	5	5.6%		7	8.1%		0.35
	Yes	85	94.4%		79	91.9%
Birth defects	No	88	98.9%		86	100.0%		0.51
	Yes	1	1.1%		0	0.0%
NICU	No	78	87.6%		79	91.9%		0.25
	Yes	11	12.4%		7	8.1%
Breastfed at hospital	No	1	1.3%		1	1.3%		0.74
	Yes	79	98.8%		76	98.7%
Prenatal health education class	No	27	36.0%		18	25.4%		0.11
	Yes	48	64.0%		53	74.6%
Entire class on breastfeeding	No	8	11.3%		6	11.3%		0.31
	Yes	40	88.7%		47	88.7%