Research Article
The Effect of Interventional Program on Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy and Duration of Exclusive Breastfeeding in Pregnant Women in Ahvaz, Iran
Table 1
The Sociodemographic characteristics of intervention and control groups.
| | Variables | Control group
| Intervention group
| value | | Mean ± SD or (%) |
| | Age (y) | 26.04 ± 5.4 | 26.8 ± 5.7 | 0.91 | | Age of marriage (y) | 23.4 ± 4.9 | 24 ± 5.4 | 0.45 | | Gestational age (wks) | 38 ± 2 | 38 ± 1.4 | 0.89 | | Education | | | | | Primary | 10 (16.7) | 7 (11.7) | 0.09 | | High school degree | 19 (31.5) | 15 (25) | | Diploma | 18 (30.1) | 28 (46.7) | | College degree | 13 (21.7) | 10 (16.6) | | Occupation | | | | | Housekeeper | 52 (86.7) | 46 (76.7) | 0.08 | | Employed | 8 (13.3) | 14 (23.3) | | Emotional support | | | | | Very high | 10 (16.7) | 18 (30) | 0.07 | | High | 10 (16.7) | 19 (31.7) | | Average | 20 (33.3) | 11 (18.3) | | Low | 17 (28.3) | 7 (11.7) | | Very low | 3 (5) | 5 (8.3) | | Income | | | | | Under 200,0000 T | 14 (23.3) | 10 (20.3) | 0.13 | | 200–500,000 T | 24 (40) | 23 (39.2) | | >500,000 T | 22 (36.7) | 27 (40.5) |
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Every $ was equal to 1100 Tumans in time of data collection.
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