Table 3.
Maternal demographic characteristics and alcohol consumption of those who breastfeed and those who reported alcohol use while breastfeeding
| Breastfed index child | Reported alcohol consumption in the breastfeeding period | |||||||
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| Yes (n=943) | No (n=101) | χ2 | p | Yes (n=530) | No (n=216) | χ2 | p | |
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| Maternal Age (%) | ||||||||
| < 25 years | 40.3 | 40.6 | .005 | .945 | 38.6 | 44.1 | 2.565 | .109 |
| ≤ 25 years | 59.7 | 59.4 | 61.4 | 55.9 | ||||
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| Gravidity (%) | ||||||||
| ≤ 2 | 34.7 | 41.6 | 1.905 | .168 | 32.1 | 39.5 | 5.103 | .024 |
| >3 | 65.3 | 58.4 | 67.9 | 60.5 | ||||
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| Stillbirths (%) | ||||||||
| None | 94.1 | 92.7 | .170 | .680 | 61.1 | 82.1 | 6.692 | .010 |
| ≥ 1 | 5.9 | 7.3 | 38.9 | 17.9 | ||||
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| Education (%) | ||||||||
| < 8 years | 50.1 | 40.4 | 3.365 | .067 | 55.7 | 36.4 | 31.024 | <.001 |
| ≥ 8 years | 49.9 | 59.6 | 44.3 | 63.6 | ||||
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| Body Mass Index – Mean (SD) | 24.9 (7.5) | 24.9 (10.0) | t = .004a | .997 | 23.6 (6.7) | 27.8 (7.9) | t = −6.921a | <.001 |
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| Location (%) | ||||||||
| Rural | 93.1 | 6.9 | 77.7 | 22.9 | ||||
| Urban (conventional) | 87.4 | 12.6 | 9.180 | .010 | 63.5 | 36.5 | 19.062 | <.001 |
| Urban (squatter camp) | 93.1 | 6.9 | 59.1 | 40.9 | ||||
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| Duration of breastfeeding (%) | ||||||||
| ≤12 months | 55.8 | -- | -- | -- | 55.1 | 50.5 | 1.366 | .243 |
| > 12 months | 44.2 | -- | 44.9 | 49.5 | ||||
a
t-test rather than χ2