Table 1.

Social determinants of health and occupation fit to LCHD contexts

Life Course Health Development (LCHD) context	Infant Feeding Practices Study II (IFPS II) factors*	significant factors/context total factors (%)
Physical	Geographic region	2/3 (66.7)
	Mother’s work setting
	Child care setting (daycare)
Social/policy/cultural	Race/ethnicity	5/6 (83.3)
	Mother’s age
	Level of education
	Paid maternity leave
	Planned timing of return to work
	Baby care during work (mother keeps baby with her)
Family	Marital status	9/12 (75.0)
	Parity
	Breastfed other babies
	Percent of family income to poverty level
	Worked for pay prenatally
	Plan to work for pay postnatal
	Worked for pay in last 4 weeks at month 3 after birth
	Contribution of mother’s pay to family income
	Hours worked by mother at month 3
	Days of childcare per week
	Hours of childcare per day
	Type of childcare provider (other family member)
Health	First prenatal care	2/3 (66.7)
	Health insurance
	WIC participation
Psychological	Risk of postpartum depression	2/2 (100)
	Childcare provider support of breastfeeding

^*factors in bolded italicizes were significantly associated with the exclusive breastfeeding outcome in bivariate analysis