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Table 1 Characteristics of the native Spanish and Chinese immigrant women

From: Adherence to initial exclusive breastfeeding among Chinese born and native Spanish mothers

 

Spanish women

Chinese women

p a

N

40

33

 

Age [mean, (SD)]

33.1 (5.1)

28.7 (4.3)

<0.001

Length of residence in Spain - years [mean, (SD)]

 

8.7 (4.1)

 

Birth weight [mean, (SD)]

3.2 (0.3)

3.5 (0.5)

0.006

Cesareans (%)

10.3

13.3

0.692

Mother’s education level (%)

  

<0.001

 Primary school

2.5

12.5

 

 Secondary school

27.5

43.8

 

 High school

25.0

43.8

 

 University

45.0

0.0

 

Father’s education level (%)

  

0.016

 Primary school

7.9

16.1

 

 Secondary school

18.4

48.4

 

 High school

36.8

19.4

 

 University

36.8

16.1

 

Socioeconomic status (based on FASb scores) (%)

  

0.115

 High

27.5

18.8

 

 Medium

72.5

71.9

 

 Low

0.0

9.4

 

Paid work (%)

73.7

96.7

0.017

Return-to-work intention (%)

96.8

100

1.000

Return-to-work time frame –months [mean, (SD)]

5.9 (2.7)

3.9 (1.8)

0.005

Work status (%)

  

<0.001

 Self-employee

10.7

62.1

 

 Public administration employee

25.0

3.4

 

 Employee

64.3

34.5

 
  1. aPearsons χ2 test (Student’s t-test for age, birth weight and return-to-work time frame). Statistical significance was fitted at two-sided (p-value <0.05)
  2. bFamily Affluence Scale
  3. Bolded p-values indicate statistical differences between the means or percentages