Table 1.

Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Reproductive Characteristics Among Postpartum Women Planning to Provide Human Milk for ≥6 Months (n = 100)

	All women (n = 100)		Primiparous (n = 42)		Multiparous (n = 58)		p-Value*
Age (mean ± SD)	30.4 ± 5.0		28.5 ± 4.5		31.8 ± 4.9		0.001
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Race/ethnicity							0.608
Non-Hispanic white	76	76	33	79	43	74
Other	24	24	9	21	15	26
Relationship status							0.877
Married	73	73	31	74	42	72
Unmarried	27	27	11	26	16	28
Highest educational level attained							0.817
Some college or higher	82	82	34	81	48	83
No college	18	18	8	19	10	17
Employment in past year							0.116
Full-time	65	65	31	74	34	59
Unemployed or part-time	35	35	11	26	24	41
Received public assistance in past year							0.002
Yes	19	19	2	5	17	29
No	81	81	40	95	41	71
Medicaid coverage							0.048
Yes	27	27	7	17	20	34
No	73	73	35	83	38	66
Breastfeeding experience							N/A
Yes	50	50	0	0	50	86
No	50	50	42	42	8	14

Bold values are significant at the 0.05 level.

^*Wilcoxon rank-sum test, chi-square and Fisher's exact test as appropriate.

N/A, not applicable (Breastfeeding experience is not applicable to primiparous women).