Research Article
Attitudes and Barriers to Breastfeeding among Mothers in Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Table 1
Distribution of participants by sociodemographic characteristics (n = 400).
| | Category | Subcategory | n (%) |
| | Age (years) | 20–30 | 118 (29.5) | | 31–40 | 199 (49.8) | | >40 | 83 (20.8) |
| | Nationality | Saudi | 351 (87.8) | | Non-Saudi | 49 (12.2) |
| | Marital status | Married | 371 (92.8) | | Widow/divorced | 29 (7.2) |
| | Level of education | Before college | 67 (16.8) | | Bachelor’s degree | 250 (62.5) | | Postgraduate | 83 (20.8) |
| | Profession | Student | 82 (20.5) | | Employee | 247 (61.8) | | Faculty member | 71 (17.8) |
| | Living | Own house | 162 (40.5) | | Rent | 148 (37.0) | | Large house | 45 (11.2) | | Workplace | 45 (11.2) |
| | Income (all sources, all family members) | Not enough but I borrow | 20 (5.0) | | Enough | 172 (43.0) | | Not enough | 62 (15.5) | | Enough and save | 97 (24.2) | | I don’t want to answer | 49 (12.2) |
| | Payment | Governmental | 208 (52.0) | | Private | 103 (25.8) | | Health insurance | 89 (22.0) |
| | Number of births | One time | 94 (23.5) | | Two times | 90 (22.5) | | Three times | 74 (18.5) | | Four times | 70 (17.5) | | >Four times | 72 (18.8) |
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