Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants and their association with breastfeeding self-efficacy (N = 210)
| Â | Variable | Mean (SD)* | P value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Infant Mother | Age (days) | 19.08(17.88) | r=-0.28, P < 0.001 | |||||
| Â | Hospitalization length | 19.74 (18.21) | r = 0.32, P < 0.001 | |||||
| Â | Age (year) | 28.28(6.16) | r=-0.34, P = 0.34 | |||||
| Â | Duration of marriage | 5.92(4.48) | r = 0.11, P = 0.25 | |||||
| Â | Number of pregnancies | 1.80(0.80) | r = 0.14, P = 0.01 | |||||
| Â | Number of deliveries | 1.50(0.58) | r = 0.33, P < 0.001 | |||||
| Â | Gestational age (Weeks) | 33.68 (2.84) | r = 0.43, P < 0.001 | |||||
Education level | High school or less | 150(71.4), t = 1.80, P = 0.09 | ||||||
University degree | 60(28.6) | |||||||
Job | Housekeeper | 194(92.8), t = 1.18, P = 0.24 | ||||||
Employed | 15(7.2) | |||||||
Education level of spouse | High school or less | 148(70.5), t=-1.04, P = 0.40 | ||||||
University degree | 62(29.5) | |||||||
Job of spouse | Unemployed | 12(5.7), t=-1.23, P = 0.22 | ||||||
| Â | Employee | 198(94.3) | ||||||
Income | Sufficient | 77(36.7), F = 0.13, P = 0.26 | ||||||
Fairly sufficient | 83(39.5) | |||||||
Insufficient | 50(23.8) | |||||||
Living place | Urban | 162(77.5), t=-1.92, P = 0.06 | ||||||
Rural | 47(22.5) | |||||||
Previous Breastfeeding experiences | Yes | 97(48.7), t = 3.32, P = 0.001 | ||||||
No | 102(51.3) | |||||||
Breastfeeding education | Yes | 62(34.8), t = 1.34, P = 0.78 | ||||||
No | 116(65.2) | |||||||
Type of delivery | Vaginal | 73(34.8), t = 2.01, P = 0.45 | ||||||
Cesarean | 137(65.2) | |||||||