Table 1.

Sociodemographic Characteristics of WIC Participants Referred to Breastfeeding Peer Counseling Program, by Types of Contact Received (n=2,149)

	Any BFPC Contact n=2,149	Voicemails n=794	Phone Conversations n=944	Mailings n=394	In-person n=1,246
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	P
Maternal age						0.05
≤18	398 (19)	128 (16)	158 (17)	88 (22)	214 (17)
19–29	1,384 (64)	527 (66)	606 (64)	247 (63)	797 (64)
30–39	354 (16)	132 (17)	172 (18)	56 (14)	226 (18)
40–49	13 (.6)	7 (1)	8 (1)	3 (1)	9 (1)
Maternal education						0.03
< High school	552 (33)	175 (28)	217 (30)	130 (41)	292 (30)	0.03
High school or GED	683(41)	267 (42)	292 (40)	122 (39)	407 (42)
>High school	443(26)	187 (30)	224 (30)	64 (20)	272 (28)
Maternal race						0.32
Non-Hispanic white	789 (37)	312 (39)	339 (36)	145 (37)	459 (36)
Non-Hispanic black	1,025(48)	356 (45)	442 (47)	184 (47)	582 (47)
Hispanic	253 (12)	98 (12)	126 (13)	45 (11)	157 (13)
Other	82 (4)	28 (4)	37 (4)	20 (5)	48 (4)
Postpartum smoking						0.26
Smoker	263 (12)	86 (11)	102 (11)	53 (13)	143 (11)
Non-smoker	1,886 (88)	708 (89)	842 (89)	341 (87)	1,103 (89)
Pregnancy interval						0.33
Primiparous	1,196 (57)	476 (61)	537 (58)	227 (58)	708 (58)
Prior pregnancy <18 months	204 (9)	69 (9)	82 (9)	36 (9)	111 (9)
Prior pregnancy ≥18 months	716 (34)	235 (30)	309 (33)	128 (33)	407 (33)
Gestational age						0.76
<37 weeks (Preterm)	157 (7)	49 (6)	66 (7)	22 (6)	89 (7)
≥37 weeks (Term)	1,992 (93)	745 (94)	878 (93)	372 (94)	1157 (93)
City (poverty ratio & zip code)						0.17
≤ 100%, not high-risk	286 (14)	114 (15)	137 (15)	51 (13)	176 (15)
≤ 100%, high-risk	530 (25)	198 (26)	233 (25)	98 (25)	315 (25)
>100%, high risk	806 (39)	271 (35)	329 (36)	150 (39)	431 (36)
>100%, not high-risk	462 (22)	191 (25)	223 (24)	89 (23)	285 (24)