Latino Immigrant Children's Health: Effects of Sociodemographic Variables and of a Preventive Intervention Program

Table 2

Predicting mother’s report of exclusive breastfeeding using multivariate logistic regression analysis.

Predictor variables	Unstandardized regression coefficients (standard errors)	Significance level
Exposure to the prenatal intervention (yes: 1, no: 0)	0.93 (.22)	𝑃<.0001
Mother was substance-affected (yes: 1, no: 0)	0.22 (.49)	ns
Number of years mother had lived in the USA	−0.22 (.11)	ns
Mother had at least a high school education at intake (yes: 1, no: 0)	0.48 (.22)	𝑃<.05
Target child’s biological father was designated as second primary caregiver at intake (yes: 1, no: 0)	0.43 (.23)	ns
Target child weighed less than 5.5 pounds at birth (yes: 1, no: 0)	0.77 (.67)	ns