TABLE 7.

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

Variable	β	95% Confidence Interval
Breastfeeding initiation
Path C
Black	−1.45	−2.04 to −0.87
Path A
Maternal grandmother breastfed	−1.66	−2.36 to −0.96
Path B and Path C′
Maternal grandmother breastfed	0.88	0.36 to 1.39
Black	−1.19	−1.80 to −0.58
Breastfeeding postnatal intent
Path C
Black	−1.26	−1.80 to −0.71
Path A
Maternal grandmother breastfed	−1.32	−2.04 to −0.59
Paternal grandmother breastfed	−1.14	−1.81 to −0.47
Path B and Path C′
Maternal grandmother breastfed	1.06	0.43 to 1.69
Paternal grandmother breastfed	0.72	0.19 to 1.24
Black	−0.78	−1.37 to −0.19
Breastfeeding duration
Path C
Black	−3.03	−5.16 to −0.90
Path A
Married	−0.08	−0.15 to −0.02
Maternal grandmother breastfed	−0.17	−0.24 to −0.11
Path B and Path C′
Married	7.25	4.92 to 9.58
Maternal grandmother breastfed	4.47	2.50 to 6.43
Black	0.11	−2.02 to 2.25

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