TABLE 5.

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

Variable	β	95% Confidence Interval
Breastfeeding initiation
Path C
Hispanic, English-speaking	0.77	0.11 to 1.42
Path A
Maternal grandmother breastfed	0.60	0.02 to 0.06
Path B and Path C′
Maternal grandmother breastfed	0.71	0.02 to 1.41
Hispanic, English-speaking	0.66	−0.01 to 1.32
Breastfeeding postnatal intent
Path Ca
Hispanic, English-speaking	0.66	0.04 to 1.27
Breastfeeding duration
Path C
Hispanic, English-speaking	−6.89	−9.99 to −3.79
Path A
College	−0.28	−0.41 to −0.16
Age	−0.02	−0.03 to −0.01
Path B and Path C′
College	5.57	1.61 to 9.53
Age	0.84	0.53 to 1.14
Hispanic, English-speaking	−0.03	−3.36 to 3.29

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

^aDenotes contrasts in which no mediators were identified.