TABLE 4.

Mediation of Differences in Breastfeeding Initiation, Postnatal Intent, and Duration Between White and Spanish-speaking Hispanic Mothers

Variable	β	95% Confidence Interval
Breastfeeding initiation
Path C
Hispanic, Spanish-speaking	0.84	0.23 to 1.44
Path A
Maternal grandmother breastfed	1.66	1.04 to 2.27
Path B and Path C′
Maternal grandmother breastfed	0.75	0.09 to 1.42
Hispanic, Spanish-speaking	0.55	−0.09 to 1.19
Breastfeeding postnatal intent
Path Ca
Hispanic, Spanish-speaking	0.94	0.33 to 1.52
Breastfeeding duration
Path Ca
Hispanic, Spanish-speaking	−2.08	−4.91 to 0.75

In these models, white mothers were coded as 0, and Spanish-speaking Hispanic mothers were coded as 1.

^aDenotes contrasts in which no mediators were identified.