Table 2 Description of breastfeeding related psychological and cultural predictors
Factors | N (%) or mean (SD) |
|---|---|
Psychological factors | |
Feeding intention at birth | |
  Breastfeed only | 176 (60.9) |
  Mix feed with formula | 112 (38.8) |
  Formula feed only | 1 (0.4) |
Intention of ‘any breastfeeding’ duration | |
  At least 6 months | 101 (30.6) |
  At least 12 months | 68 (20.6) |
  At least 24 months | 16 (4.8) |
  As long as possible | 100 (30.3) |
  Didn’t think how long | 45 (13.6) |
Awareness of exclusive breastfeeding recommendation | |
  6 months | 127 (44.3) |
  Others (don’t know and ≠6 months) | 160 (55.8) |
Awareness of recommended age to introduce solid foods | |
  6 months | 154 (53.3) |
  ≠ 6 months | 135 (46.7) |
Negative breastfeeding sentiment score | 226.7 (100.2) possible scores 15–540 |
Breastfeeding control score | 40.5 (10.4) possible scores 9–54 |
Health professional subjective norm score | 25.7 (19.2) possible scores −27 to 27 |
Family subjective norm score | 20.2 (21.3) possible scores −36 to 36 |
Cultural Factors | |
Preferred Language | |
  Predominantly Chinese | 98 (37.4) |
  Bilingual | 137 (52.3) |
  Predominantly English | 27 (10.3) |
Followed Chinese traditional postnatal care | |
  Yes | 219 (76.6) |
  No and wouldn’t like to | 53 (18.5) |
  No but would like to | 14 (4.9) |
Importance of traditional postnatal care to breastfeeding | |
  Extremely important | 80 (24.5) |
  Very important | 112 (34.3) |
  Moderately important | 65 (19.9) |
  Slightly important | 39 (11.9) |
  Not at all important | 31 (9.5) |