Chapter 2. Neonatal Survey |
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Table 2.21. Percent of mothers giving each rating of importance to each reason for not breastfeeding1, among mothers who never breastfed their babies Infant Feeding Practices Study II |
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| N | Not at all important |
Not very important |
Somewhat important |
Very important |
Total (%) | |
| Baby was sick | 411 | 81.0 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 9.0 | 100 |
| Not enough milk | 412 | 67.5 | 8.5 | 13.1 | 10.9 | 100 |
| Medical reasons | 414 | 77.3 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 13.0 | 100 |
| Mom was sick or on medication | 409 | 65.5 | 5.4 | 10.5 | 18.6 | 100 |
| Formula is same as or better | 413 | 24.5 | 10.7 | 32.4 | 32.4 | 100 |
| Inconvenience | 411 | 37.7 | 9.2 | 29.2 | 23.8 | 100 |
| Breastfeeding didn't work before | 413 | 61.7 | 4.6 | 11.1 | 22.5 | 100 |
| Wanted to leave baby hours at a time | 413 | 52.3 | 8.2 | 23.7 | 15.7 | 100 |
| Wanted to go on a weight loss diet | 414 | 68.4 | 9.9 | 11.4 | 10.4 | 100 |
| Wanted to go back to my usual diet | 410 | 68.0 | 9.5 | 12.4 | 10.0 | 100 |
| Wanted to smoke | 414 | 79.7 | 5.6 | 8.0 | 6.8 | 100 |
| Too many household duties | 414 | 68.6 | 9.4 | 14.0 | 8.0 | 100 |
| Work or school | 418 | 51.2 | 5.3 | 19.6 | 23.9 | 100 |
| Wanted someone else to feed baby | 416 | 44.5 | 9.6 | 25.0 | 20.9 | 100 |
| Someone else wanted to feed baby | 410 | 51.0 | 9.5 | 23.9 | 15.6 | 100 |
| Wanted body back to herself | 417 | 66.9 | 9.6 | 12.0 | 11.5 | 100 |
| Baby's father didn't want her to | 416 | 83.7 | 4.6 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 100 |
| Baby's grandma didn't want her to | 413 | 92.5 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 100 |
| Wanted to use incompatible contraception | 415 | 79.5 | 3.9 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 100 |
1Table is based on variables: N19A-S | ||||||