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Characteristics from Child Health surveillance records of infants linked to health visitors |
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| CHS Visit |
Characteristics |
Records linked to one HV/GP pair (n1 = 5401) |
Questionnaire returned (n2 = 3294) |
Dataset analysed (n3 = 2145) |
p (*) |
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| Mother's age – years |
(mean) |
28.4 |
28.6 |
28.8 |
0.04a |
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| Mother employed |
(%) |
56.2 |
58.2 |
61.4 |
<0.001b |
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| Mother smoker |
(%) |
33.9 |
34.3 |
33.7 |
NSb |
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| Father's age – years |
(mean) |
30.9 |
31.0 |
31.0 |
NSa |
|
| Father employed |
(%) |
82.0 |
82.9 |
83.8 |
NSb |
|
| Father smoker |
(%) |
43.0 |
41.7 |
42.4 |
NSb |
|
| DEPCAT |
(mean) |
5.0 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
0.04a |
|
| 1 |
Age – days |
(mean) |
13.2 |
13.1 |
13.2 |
NSa |
| Any breastfeeding |
(%) |
37.8 |
38.9 |
38.9 |
NSb |
|
| Only breastfeeding |
(%) |
33.5 |
34.7 |
35.2 |
NSb |
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| 2 |
Age – days |
(mean) |
50.3 |
50.3 |
50.3 |
NSa |
| Any breastfeeding |
(%) |
31.4 |
32.0 |
32.0 |
NSb |
|
| Only breastfeeding |
(%) |
23.1 |
23.5 |
24.1 |
NSb |
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| 3 |
Age – days |
(mean) |
254 |
253 |
252 |
NSa |
| Ever breastfed |
(%) |
45.7 |
46.7 |
45.8 |
NSb |
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| Breastfeeding now |
(%) |
20.2 |
20.4 |
20.6 |
NSb |
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| Age stopped – weeks |
(mean) |
3.4 |
3.5 |
3.6 |
NSa |
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* Difference between column n1 and column n3 a t-test for significance of difference of means b Chi-squared test for significance of difference in proportions DEPCAT measures material deprivation using small area census data which correlate closely with morbidity and mortality data [11]. DEPCAT 1 = most affluent postcode sectors, DEPCAT 7 = most deprived postcode sectors. CHS is Child Health Surveillance Programme which includes standard visits to all infants throughout the UK [20]. | ||||||
Tappin et al. International Breastfeeding Journal 2006 1:11 doi:10.1186/1746-4358-1-11 |
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