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Table 5 Logistic regression analysis predicting Infant Feeding Intention from Demographic, TPB Variables and Parenting Variables for the whole sample

From: ‘Both parents should care for babies’: A cross-sectional, cross-cultural comparison of adolescents’ breastfeeding intentions, and the influence of shared-parenting beliefs

 

Unstandardized B (SE)

Β (Exp B)

95% CI for Odds Ratio

Lower

Upper

Constant

 

−6.0 (1.65)

   

Step 1: Cultural Group

Nordica

2.89 (.59)

18.07***

5.70

57.18

USA

−.28 (.35)

.76

.37

1.50

Step 2: Demographics

Age

.15 (.08)

1.15

.98

1.35

Sexb

.40 (.25)

1.49

.91

2.40

Step 3: TPB Infant feeding

Breastfeeding Beliefs (+ve)

.16 (.04)

1.17***

1.09

1.27

Breastfeeding beliefs (−ve)

−.04 (.03)

.96

.91

1.01

BF Exposure

.13 (.06)

1.14*

1.01

1.27

FF Exposure

−.10 (.04)

.90*

.82

.97

BF Subj. norm

.24 (.09)

1.26**

1.07

1.49

FF Subj. norm

−.34 (.10)

.71**

.58

.87

Feeding confidence

.10 (.06)

1.10

.99

1.23

Step 4: Parenting

Parenting attitude

.04 (.05)

1.04

.95

1.15

Shared parenting

.09 (.04)

1.09*

1.00

1.19

Independence

.14 (.06)

1.16*

1.17

1.52

Gender norms

−.01 (.05)

1.04

.95

1.15

Parenting Confidence

−.10 (.05)

.90

.82

1.01

  1. B and β values presented are from the final step of the regression analysis
  2. BF Breastfeeding, FF Formula Feeding Subj. norm = subjective norm ***p < .001, **p < .01, *p < .05
  3. aScotland = reference group
  4. bFemale = reference group
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