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Published in final edited form as: Matern Child Health J. 2020 Feb;24(2):127–134. doi: 10.1007/s10995-019-02848-8

Table 4.

Comparisons between mothers of different feeding practices

Measure	Ever breastfed M (SD) or n Range N = 70	Never breastfed M (SD) or n Range N = 84	Test statistic	Currently breastfeeding M (SD) or n Range N = 44	Currently formula feeding M (SD) or n Range N = 110	Test statistic
Employment	Not employed 54	Not employed 60	χ² (1, N = 154) = 0.01	Not employed 79	Not employed 35	χ² (1, N = 154) = 1.16
	Part-time 5	Part-time 11		Part-time 13	Part-time 3
	Full time 13	Full time 13		Full time 18	Full time 6
Disclosure to current partner^a	Yes 58	Yes 69	χ² (1, N = 154) = 0.03	Yes 38	Yes 89	χ² (1, N = 154) = 0.65
Disclosure to current partner^a	No 12	No 15	χ² (1, N = 154) = 0.03	No 6	No 21	χ² (1, N = 154) = 0.65
Disclosure to immediate family	Yes 54	Yes 66	χ² (1, N = 154) = 0.05	Yes 35	Yes 85	χ² (1, N = 154) = .09
Disclosure to immediate family	No 16	No 18	χ² (1, N = 154) = 0.05	No 9	No 25	χ² (1, N = 154) = .09
Internalized HIV stigma	1.86 (1.64)	1.77(1.62)	t(152) = 0.30	1.86(1.64)	1.79 (1.64)	t(152) = 0.24
Internalized HIV stigma	0–6	0–6	t(152) = 0.30	0–6	0–6	t(152) = 0.24
Functional social support	38.4 (3.03)	36.55 (6.32)	t(123.9) = 2.38^*	37.1 (0.35)	38.02 (3.46)	t(152) = − 0.96
Functional social support	27–40	10–40	t(123.9) = 2.38^*	27–40	10–40	t(152) = − 0.96
HIV-related social support	6.72 (0.47)	6.32(1.14)	t(114) = 2.90^**	6.71 (0.44)	6.42 (1.04)	t(151.6) = 2.45^***
HIV-related social support	5.25–7	2.25–7	t(114) = 2.90^**	5.5–7	2.25–7	t(151.6) = 2.45^***
Depressive symptoms	1.36 (0.31)	1.39 (0.42)	t(152) = − 0.57	1.41 (0.34)	1–36 (0.38)	t(152) = 0.66
Depressive symptoms	1–2.56	1–3.13	t(152) = − 0.57	1–2.56	1–3.13	t(152) = 0.66

p = 0.02

^**

p = 0.004

^***

p = 0.016

n = 2 cases this was not the father of the baby, and the pattern of results was the same when differences were tested by disclosure status to father of the baby