TABLE 6.

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

Variable	β	95% Confidence Interval
Breastfeeding initiation
Path C
Black	−1.57	−2.04 to −1.10
Path A
Maternal grandmother breastfed	−2.84	−3.56 to −2.11
Path B and Path C′
Maternal grandmother breastfed	0.90	0.37 to 1.43
Black	−1.12	−1.66 to −0.57
Breastfeeding postnatal intent
Path C
Black	−1.64	−2.11 to −1.16
Path A
Maternal grandmother breastfed	−2.84	−3.56 to −2.11
Path B and Path C′
Maternal grandmother breastfed	1.21	0.60 to 1.82
Black	−1.04	−1.60 to −0.48
Breastfeeding duration
Path C
Black	−10.25	−12.30 to −8.21
Path A
Coresident father	−0.27	−0.33 to −0.21
Maternal grandmother breastfed	−0.36	−0.43 to −0.29
Path B and Path C′
Coresident father	4.07	2.09 to 6.04
Maternal grandmother breastfed	4.68	2.55 to 6.81
Black	−6.07	−8.49 to −3.65

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