International Breastfeeding Journal

Table 2 Characteristics of the cross-sectional study samples at baseline and post-intervention

From: How much can Mexican healthcare providers learn about breastfeeding through a semi-virtual training? A propensity score matching analysis

	*Baseline*		*Post-intervention*
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	p-value ^a
Age	39.23	10.82	38.49	11.02	0.407
Age	%	N	%	N	p-value^b
Sex
Male	28.73	152	29.86	63	0.761
Female	71.27	377	70.14	148
Type of Provider
Primary Physicians	47.83	253	40.28	85	0.031
Registered Nurses	24.95	132	22.75	48
Nurse Technicians	27.22	144	36.97	78
Institution
IMSS-PROSPERA	26.65	141	40.76	86	0.000
State health clinics	73.35	388	59.24	125
State
Chihuahua	16.64	88	22.75	48	0.058
Oaxaca	34.03	180	36.49	77
Veracruz	49.34	261	40.76	86
Stratum
Urban	68.24	361	62.09	131	0.109
Rural	31.76	168	37.91	80
Total	100.00	529	100.00	211

Note: SD standard deviation; ^a Mean difference t-test. ^b Pearson chi-square test

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