Table 2.

Prevalence and Odds Ratios of Breastfeeding Continuation at 2–6 Months According to Maternal Race/Ethnicity and Birth Country

	No breastfeeding	Any breastfeeding		Exclusive breastfeeding
	Weighted %	Weighted %		Weighted %
Overall (n = 2,810)	42.5	57.5		30.0
U.S.-born NHW (n = 1,221)	42.7	57.3		35.1
U.S.-born Hispanic (n = 432)	41.4	58.6		28.3
Foreign-born Hispanic (n = 469)
Mexico born (n = 329)	27.3	72.7		26.5
Central/South America born (n = 107)	20.3	79.7		28.7
Caribbean born (n = 33)	62.2	37.8		2.9
U.S.-born NHB (n = 688)	60.0	40.0		13.3
		Total effect	Direct effect (after mediation)	Total effect	Direct effect (after mediation)
		OR (95% CI)		OR (95% CI)
Hispanic versus U.S.-born NHW
U.S.-born Hispanic versus U.S.-born NHW (Ref.)		1.10 (0.83–1.46)	n/a	0.77 (0.59–1.00)	1.15 (0.85–1.55)
Mexico-born Hispanic versus U.S.-born NHW (Ref.)		2.21 (1.67–2.94)	1.99 (1.46–2.72)	0.75 (0.50–1.12)	n/a
Central/South America-born Hispanic versus U.S.-born NHW (Ref.)		3.14 (1.68–5.86)	3.42 (1.89–6.17)	0.78 (0.47–1.30)	n/a
Caribbean-born Hispanic versus U.S.-born NHW (Ref.)		0.53 (0.28–1.00)	0.67 (0.40–1.13)	0.06 (0.02–0.27)	0.11 (0.02–0.50)
Foreign-born Hispanic versus U.S.-born Hispanic
Mexico-born Hispanic versus U.S.-born Hispanic (Ref.)		2.01 (1.55–2.62)	1.33 (0.98–1.81)	0.97 (0.61–1.54)	n/a
Central/South America-born Hispanic versus U.S.-born Hispanic (Ref.)		2.86 (1.51–5.41)	2.28 (1.28–4.06)	1.02 (0.60–1.74)	n/a
Caribbean-born Hispanic versus U.S.-born Hispanic (Ref.)		0.48 (0.28–0.82)	0.45 (0.26–0.76)	0.08 (0.02–0.35)	0.10 (0.02–0.43)
U.S.-born Hispanic versus U.S.-born NHB (Ref.)		2.03 (1.54–2.68)	1.66 (1.23–2.24)	2.43 (1.77–3.34)	1.97 (1.43–2.71)

Values are controlled for sampling design and adjusted for infant age at survey. Boldface indicates p-value <0.05.

CI, confidence interval; NHB, non-Hispanic black; NHW, non-Hispanic white; OR, odds ratio.