Variable | Breastfeeding at 10 days | Breastfeeding at 6 weeks | ||||||
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N‡ (%)§ | aOR5 | 95% CI | p Value | N6 (%)¶ | aOR5 | 95% C.I | p Value | |
Q4††: Received advice on how to recognise if the infant is receiving enough milk | ||||||||
No | 5665 (81.3) | 1 | 4367 (80.4) | 1 | ||||
Yes | 5536 (88.0) | 1.24 | 1.05 to 1.46 | 0.013* | 4809 (83.7) | 1.04 | 0.89 to 1.22 | 0.608 |
Q5: Received help or support in hospital for feeding problems | ||||||||
Help received | 3052 (80.9) | 1 | 2380 (77.1) | 1 | ||||
No help received | 545 (72.6) | 1.07 | 0.75 to 1.53 | 0.717 | 357 (71.3) | 0.99 | 0.67 to 1.45 | 0.943 |
No problems | 7089 (86.4) | 1.57 | 1.29 to 1.91 | <0.001*** | 5973 (83.9) | 1.27 | 1.05 to 1.53 | 0.015* |
Not born in hospital | 502 (89.4) | 0.51 | 0.24 to 1.09 | 0.082 | 447 (88.8) | 1.18 | 0.56 to 2.47 | 0.660 |
Q6: Received enough help and support in hospital | ||||||||
Yes | 7891 (86.3) | 1 | 6636 (83.4) | 1 | ||||
No | 2795 (78.2) | 0.61 | 0.50 to 0.74 | <0.001*** | 2064 (76.0) | 0.75 | 0.62 to 0.90 | 0.003** |
Not born in hospital | 502 (89.4) | 1.00 | 447 (88.8) | 1.00 | ||||
Q7: Received contact details of community support groups for breastfeeding | ||||||||
No | 2818 (71.6) | 1 | 1812 (74.5) | 1 | ||||
Yes | 8408 (88.3) | 2.24 | 1.86 to 2.68 | <0.001*** | 7366 (83.9) | 1.83 | 1.51 to 2.22 | <0.001*** |
Q8: Aware of the National Breastfeeding Helpline | ||||||||
No | 3550 (77.3) | 1 | 2596 (75.9) | 1 | ||||
Yes | 7675 (87.3) | 1.29 | 1.08 to 1.53 | 0.004** | 6581 (75.2) | 1.01 | 0.85 to 1.21 | 0.884 |
Q9: Received help or information for feeding problems‡‡ encountered at home | ||||||||
Yes | 3433 (89.6) | 1 | 3023 (81.2) | 1 | ||||
No | 673 (75.3) | 0.58 | 0.42 to 0.80 | 0.001** | 492 (64.6) | 0.45 | 0.35 to 0.64 | <0.001*** |
No problems | 7175 (82.8) | 0.62 | 0.50 to 0.77 | <0.001*** | 5707 (84.0) | 1.26 | 1.04 to 1.52 | 0.018* |
Q10: Used support from community support groups | ||||||||
No | 9588 (83.3) | 1 | 7721 (81.9) | 1 | ||||
Yes | 1702 (89.4) | 1.30 | 1.01 to 1.68 | 0.043* | 1509 (82.7) | 1.22 | 0.97 to 1.53 | 0.086 |
Q11:Used support from healthcare professionals | ||||||||
No | 2807 (87.2) | 1 | 2403 (86.6) | 1 | ||||
Yes | 8483 (83.3) | 0.63 | 0.50 to 0.79 | <0.001 | 6827 (80.2) | 0.71 | 0.57 to 0.88 | 0.002** |
*p<0.05; **p<0.005; ***p<0.001.
†Adjusted ORs with 95% CIs and p values. Adjusted for: Ethnicity, marital status, age mother left full time education, socioeconomic status, IMD, parity with previous breastfeeding experience, antenatal feeding intention, knowing other mothers while pregnant and how they fed their infants, given advice on how to recognise if infant receiving enough milk, receiving help in hospital for feeding problems, receiving enough help in hospital, given contact details of voluntary organisation or community support group, being aware of the national breastfeeding helpline, receiving support or information for feeding problems at home, using voluntary support, using support from healthcare professionals. IMD, Index of Multiple Deprivation.
‡Total Sample size of women with term infants with each individual response to each question.
§Weighted percentage of women responding to each question who were breastfeeding at 10 days.
¶Weighted percentage of women responding to each question who were breastfeeding at 6 weeks.
††Question numbers refer to breastfeeding support questions in box 1.
‡‡Feeding problems at home could include feeding problems related to either formula feeding or breastfeeding.