Table 2.
Participants’ Characteristics (N = 4,018).
| Characteristics | Total n (%) |
BF < 6 Months (n = 1234, 31%) n (%) |
BF > 6 Months (n = 2784, 69%) n (%) |
One Child (n = 1723, 43%) n (%) |
> One Child (n = 2291, 57%) n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mother’s education | |||||
| No formal qualifications | 40 (1) | 12 (1) | 28 (1) | 0 (0) | 23 (1) |
| GCSEs/A-levels | 1366 (34) | 420 (34) | 919 (33) | 482 (28) | 871 (38) |
| Bachelor’s Degree | 1728 (43) | 543 (44) | 1197 (43) | 810 (47) | 939 (41) |
| Master’s Degree | 723 (18) | 210 (17) | 529 (19) | 345 (20) | 389 (17) |
| Doctoral Degree | 161 (4) | 49 (4) | 111 (4) | 86 (5) | 69 (3) |
| Mother’s ethnicity | |||||
| White | 3857 (96) | 1185 (96) | 2673 (96) | 1654 (96) | 2222 (97) |
| Other | 161 (4) | 49 (4) | 111 (4) | 69 (4) | 69 (3) |
| Household income | |||||
| < £20,000 | 482 (12) | 136 (11) | 362 (13) | 172 (10) | 298 (13) |
| £20,001-£40,000 | 1286 (32) | 370 (30) | 891 (32) | 517 (30) | 756 (33) |
| > £40,001 | 2250 (56) | 728 (59) | 1531 (55) | 1034 (60) | 1237 (54) |
| Child sex | |||||
| Female | 2089 (52) | 642 (52) | 1448 (52) | 896 (52) | 1191 (52) |
| Male | 1929 (48) | 592 (48) | 1336 (48) | 827 (48) | 1100 (48) |
| Childbirth order | |||||
| First | 1728 (43) | 506 (41) | 1225 (44) | 1723 (100) | 0 (0) |
| Subsequent | 2290 (57) | 728 (59) | 1559 (56) | 0 (0) | 2291 (100) |
Note. BF = breastfeeding; GCSE = General Certificate of Secondary Education. Data missing for four participants with incomplete data for number of children in the family.