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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2013 Sep 4;163(6):1612–1617. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.07.026

Table 2.

Maternal Demographics (n = 130)

Category Number (%)
Age (years) at time of study
 Mean +/− standard deviation 37.55 ± 6.67
 Median [Range] 36.5 [26–60]
 Mode 39
Study location
 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 50 (38.5%)
 University of Florida College of Medicine 80 (61.5%)
Career stage at time of study
 In training (residency or fellowship) 37 (28.5%)
 Had completed training 93 (71.5%)
Specialty (surgical or non-surgical)
 Surgical 45 (35.4%)
 Non-surgical 85 (64.6%)
Marital Status at time of Study
 Married 121 (93.1%)
 Other 9 (6.9%)
Number of biological children
 1 47 (36.2%)
 2 63 (48.5%)
 3 15 (11.5%)
 4 5 (3.8%)
Age of children (months)
 Mean +/− standard deviation 73.24 ± 48.00
 Median [Range] 48.0 [1.5–336.0]
 Mode 60
Maternal stage of career at childbirth
 Before medical school 6 (3%)
 During medical school 16 (5%)
 During residency 62 (29%)
 During fellowship 41 (15%)
 After completion of training 104 (43%)
 Other stages of medical training 9 (5%)
Infant-feeding Intentions
 Maternal intention to breastfeed each infant 238 (100%)
 Maternal intention to breastfeed infant for at least 12 months 134 (56.3%)
Breastfeeding education during medical school
 Yes 28 (21.5%)
 No 102 (78.5%)
Breastfeeding education during residency
 Yes 25 (19.2%)
 No 105 (80.8%)