Table 1.
Background characteristics of Maryland Infant Feeding Study Participants (n = 711)
| Mean ± SD or n(%) | |
|---|---|
| Mother age (y) | 26.9 ± 6.3 |
| Infant age (mo) | 6.6 ± 3.3 |
| Infant currently breastfed | 176 (24.8) |
| Infant ever breastfed | 455 (64.1) |
| Infant is first child | 291 (41.2) |
| Education category | |
| Less than high school | 144 (20.3) |
| High school | 243 (34.2) |
| Some college | 323 (45.5) |
| Employment status | |
| Full‐time | 152 (21.6) |
| Part‐time | 128 (18.1) |
| Unemployed | 378 (53.6) |
| Student | 47 (6.7) |
| Infant race/ethnicity | |
| African American | 260 (36.6) |
| Hispanic | 103 (14.5) |
| White | 348 (48.9) |
| Married | 279 (39.5) |
| Self‐reported health status | |
| Poor | 7 (1) |
| Fair | 52 (7.3) |
| Good | 219 (30.8) |
| Very good | 229 (32.2) |
| Excellent | 204 (28.7) |
| Obese† | 176 (28) |
| Depression (1–4)‡ | 1.3 ± 0.46 |
| Stress (1–5)‡ | 2.0 ± 0.79 |
| Anxiety (1–4)‡ | 1.5 ± 0.56 |
| Emotional Eating (1–5)§ | 1.8 ± 0.96 |
| Restrained Eating (1–5)§ | 2.1 ± 0.98 |
†
BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2. Data on height and weight were available for 629 of the 711 participants.
‡
Mental health scales with the range of scale scores provided in parentheses and higher scores indicating greater severity of symptoms.
§
Eating attitude scales with the range of scale scores provided in parentheses and higher scores indicating greater number of symptoms.