Breastfeeding rates are high in a prenatal community support program targeting vulnerable women and offering enhanced postnatal lactation support: a prospective cohort study

Table 2 Univariate analysis results: Relationship between maternal sociodemographics and food insecurity and 6-month breastfeeding outcomes

	Any Breastfeeding at 6 Months			Exclusive Breastfeeding for 6 Months Post-hospital Discharge
	No No./Total (%)	Yes No./Total (%)	p-value	No No./Total (%)	Yes No./Total (%)	p-value
Education						0.0344*
≤ High school	11/28 (39)	60/165 (36)	0.7669	64/163 (39)	6/31 (19)
Post-secondary	17/28 (61)	105/165 (64)		99/163 (61)	25/31 (81)
Food insecurity						0.0510
Yes	22/29 (76)	84/164 (51)	0.0140*	93/161 (58)	12/31 (39)
No	7/29 (24)	80/164 (49)		68/161 (42)	19/31 (61)
Number of children						0.2013
First-time mother	9/28 (32)	85/164 (52)	0.0541	83/162 (51)	12/31 (39)
≥ 1 child	19/28 (68)	79/164 (48)		79/162 (49)	19/31 (61)
Years in Canada						0.4104
< 3 years	11/28 (39)	51/165 (31)	0.2831	54/163 (33)	7/31 (23)
≥ 3 years	13/28 (46)	101/165 (61)		96/163 (59)	20/31 (65)
Born in Canada	4/28 (14)	13/165 (8)		13/163 (8)	4/31 (13)
Single parent						0.5477
Yes	9/28 (32)	48/164 (29)	0.7583	47/162 (29)	11/31 (35)
No	19/28 (68)	116/164 (71)		115/162 (71)	20/31 (65)
Household income						0.5898
Below Low-Income Cut-Off	17/24 (71)	90/152 (59)	0.2784	91/149 (61)	15/27 (56)
Above Low-Income Cut-Off	7/24 (29)	62/152 (41)		58/149 (39)	12/27 (44)
Age (mean, SD)^a	32.1 (6.17)	32.4 (5.10)	0.8274	32.4 (5.29)	31.9 (5.19)	0.6791

Data analyzed using Chi-square tests for categorical variables and T-tests for continuous variables. Participants with missing breastfeeding outcome data were excluded from these analyses (n = 4 for any breastfeeding at 6 months and n = 3 for exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months post-hospital discharge). The total number may vary between cells depending on missing sociodemographic data. *p < 0.05
^aMissing age data for three participants

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