Table 4 |
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Maternal breastfeeding attitudes, classified by socio-demographic characteristics‡ (n = 322) |
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I do not like breastfeeding. |
Five classifications of foods should be avoided during lactation because these foods have a negative effect on the nursing baby. |
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Disagree† |
Agree† |
Don't know |
P |
Disagree† |
Agree† |
Don't know |
P |
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(%) |
(%) |
(%) |
(%) |
(%) |
(%) |
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Current age |
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20-29 |
74.5 |
19.8 |
5.7 |
0.006 |
4.7 |
87.7 |
7.5 |
0.007 |
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30-39 |
86.8 |
9.9 |
3.3 |
7.8 |
90.2 |
2.0 |
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> 40 |
65.4 |
30.8 |
3.8 |
9.4 |
75.5 |
15.1 |
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Education level |
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Primary/Secondary level |
72.2 |
22.5 |
5.3 |
0.024 |
5.2 |
88.2 |
6.5 |
0.413 |
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Third level |
84.8 |
12.2 |
3.0 |
9.1 |
84.8 |
6.1 |
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Mother's birth place |
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Mainland China (north) |
84.0 |
14.2 |
1.9 |
0.005 |
6.7 |
90.2 |
3.1 |
0.001 |
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Mainland China (south) |
77.4 |
15.1 |
7.5 |
4.7 |
88.8 |
6.5 |
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Hong Kong |
62.2 |
33.3 |
4.4 |
15.2 |
67.4 |
17.4 |
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Duration in Ireland (years) |
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< = 5 |
83.8 |
11.1 |
5.1 |
0.037 |
5.1 |
89.9 |
5.1 |
0.004 |
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> 5-10 |
79.8 |
16.8 |
3.5 |
7.4 |
88.6 |
4.0 |
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> 10 |
62.8 |
32.6 |
4.7 |
11.6 |
69.8 |
18.6 |
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‡ Group comparisons were performed by Pearson Chi-square analysis. †Disagree = Strongly disagree/Tend to disagree; Agree = Strongly agree/Tend to agree. |
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Zhou et al. BMC Public Health 2010 10:722 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-10-722 |
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