Table 4.
Association between sociodemographic and lifestyle variables and breastfeeding.
| Variable | Did You Stop Breastfeeding? | p-Value | Infant Age When Breastfeeding Was Stopped | p-Value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | Have not Stopped | 0–6 Months | 7–11 Months | ≥12 Months | ||||
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||||
| Mother’s age | 21–25 | 26 (81.3%) | 6 (18.8%) | 0.644 | 6 (18.8%) | 16 (50.0%) | 1 (3.1%) | 9 (28.1%) | 0.370 |
| 26–30 | 33 (70.2%) | 14 (29.8%) | 14 (29.8%) | 14 (29.8%) | 2 (4.3) | 17 (36.2%) | |||
| 31–35 | 46 (78%) | 13 (22%) | 13 (20.0%) | 16 (27.1%) | 7 (11.9%) | 23 (39.0%) | |||
| 36–40 | 34 (79.1%) | 9 (20.9%) | 9 (20.9%) | 18 (41.9%) | 2 (4.7%) | 14 (32.6%) | |||
| Nationality | Qatari | 61 (82.4%) | 13 (17.6%) | 0.226 | 13 (17.6%) | 31 (41.9%) | 7 (9.5%) | 23 (31.1%) | 0.321 |
| Non-Qatari | 77 (72.6%) | 29 (27.4%) | 29 (27.4) | 33 (31.1%) | 5 (4.7%) | 39 (36.8%) | |||
| Number of children | One | 39 (79.6%) | 10 (20.4%) | 0.186 | 10 (20.4%) | 24 (49.0%) | 5 (10.2%) | 10 (20.4%) | * 0.025 |
| Two | 42 (84.0%) | 8 (16.0%) | 8 (16.0%) | 17 (34.0%) | 1 (2.0%) | 24 (48.0%) | |||
| Three or more | 58 (70.7%) | 24 (29.3%) | 24 (29.3%) | 23 (28.0%) | 6 (7.3%) | 29 (35.4%) | |||
| Sex of last child | Female | 78 (80.4%) | 19 (19.6%) | 0.215 | 19 (19.6%) | 43 (44.3%) | 6 (6.2%) | 29 (29.9%) | * 0.059 |
| Male | 61 (72.6%) | 23 (27.4%) | 23 (27.4%) | 21 (25.0%) | 6 (7.1%) | 34 (40.5%) | |||
| Knowledge | Moderate | 29 (80.6%) | 7 (19.4%) | 0.567 | 7 (19.4%) | 15 (41.7%) | 2 (5.6%) | 12 (33.3%) | 0.800 |
| Good | 108 (76.1%) | 34 (23.9%) | 34 (23.9%) | 47 (33.1%) | 10 (7.0%) | 51 (35.9%) | |||
| Attitude | Negative | 17 (89.5%) | 2 (10.5%) | 0.174 | 2 (10.5%) | 8 (42.1%) | 2 (10.5%) | 7 (36.8%) | 0.541 |
| Positive | 121 (75.6%) | 39 (24.4%) | 39 (24.4%) | 56 (35.0%) | 10 (6.3%) | 55 (34.4%) | |||
| Practice | Bad | 29 (87.9%) | 4 (12.1%) | 0.082 | 4 (12.1%) | 21 (63.6%) | 3 (9.1%) | 5 (15.2%) | * 0.001 |
| Good | 97 (73.5%) | 35 (26.5%) | 35 (26.5%) | 37 (28.0%) | 9 (6.8%) | 51 (38.6%) | |||
| Did not know how to breastfeed | Did not contribute to stopping | 98 (75.4%) | 32 (24.6%) | 0.286 | 32 (24.6%) | 37 (28.5) | 9 (6.9%) | 52 (40.0%) | * 0.022 |
| Contributed to stopping | 39 (83.0%) | 8 (17.0%) | 8 (17.0%) | 25 (53.2%) | 3 (6.4%) | 11 (23.4%) | |||
| Not making enough milk for baby’s needs | Did not contribute to stopping | 56 (75.7%) | 18 (24.3%) | 0.692 | 18 (24.3%) | 17 (23.0%) | 3 (4.1%) | 36 (48.6%) | * 0.004 |
| Contributed to stopping | 79 (78.2%) | 22 (21.8%) | 22 (21.8%) | 44 (43.6%) | 9 (8.9%) | 26 (25.7%) | |||
| Had to return to work/school | Did not contribute to stopping | 68 (70.8%) | 28 (29.2%) | * 0.022 | 28 (29.2%) | 28 (29.2%) | 6 (6.3%) | 34 (35.4%) | 0.084 |
| Contributed to stopping | 65 (85.5%) | 11 (14.5%) | 11 (14.5%) | 33 (43.4%) | 6 (7.9%) | 26 (34.2%) | |||
* p-value based on the Chi-squared test, p-value less than 0.05 is significant.