Alternative Hospital Gift Bags and Breastfeeding Exclusivity

Table 2

Demographic characteristics.

Characteristics	COMMERCIAL 𝑛=138 (%)	BF-INFO 𝑛=121 (%)	PUMP 𝑛=127 (%)	𝑃
Marital status				0.04
Married	83.9	93.4	90.6
Single	16.1	6.6	9.4
Socioeconomic status				0.11
WIC^1-eligible	15.3	6.7	7.9
Non-WIC	84.7	93.3	92.6
Ethnicity				0.83
Asian	3.6	1.7	5.5
Black	3.6	4.1	3.1
Latino	8.8	5.0	7.1
White	81.8	86.8	81.9
Other	2.2	2.5	2.4
Education				0.10
Less than high school	1.5	0.8	0.8
High school graduate	13.9	4.2	6.3
Some college	13.9	21.7	18.1
College graduate	40.9	49.2	42.5
After college	29.9	24.2	32.3
Mother’s age (years); (mean ± SD)	31.24 ± 5.03	31.73 ± 4.91	32.43 ± 7.42	0.51
Birth weight (kg); (mean ± SD)	3.32 ± 0.68	3.48 ± 0.42	3.36 ± 0.67	0.07
Exclusive breast feeding intention (months); (mean ± SD)	4.76 ± 3.99	6.06 ± 4.18	6.87 ± 9.75	0.06

1WIC is the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.