Combining breastfeeding and work: findings from the Epifane population-based birth cohort

Table 1 Characteristics of women who worked before pregnancy – Epifane Birth Cohort, 2012 (n = 2480)

	n	%^a	Return to work
			% before 1 y	Time (days)
			% before 1 y	25th	Median	75th
Age			p = 0.04		p < 0.001
18–24 y	220	11.3	85.5	88	120	241
25–29 y	799	33.0	83.7	93	134	246
30–34 y	964	34.7	82.0	98	170	270
≥ 35 y	497	21.0	77.6	108	187	323
Birthplace			p < 0.001		p = 0.01
Abroad	200	14.1	71.4	105	210	416
France	2280	85.9	83.8	95	152	249
Matrimonial status			p = 0.004		P < 0.001
Married	1079	46.7	79.4	99	177	300
Unmarried	1401	53.3	84.3	93	141	248
Education			p < 0.001		p = 0.054
Elementary / Middle school	363	15.0	73.8	95	188	416
High school	580	23.1	76.7	95	168	334
University	1537	61.9	86.0	96	151	229
Occupation before pregnancy			p < 0.001		p = 0.001
Farmers, artisans, merchants	74	2.8	85.2	56	96	170
Managers	546	22.4	88.9	97	147	214
Intermediate employees	1629	65.6	81.3	97	162	277
Manual workers	231	9.2	69.3	100	210	416
Body weight status before pregnancy			p = 0.001		p = 0.004
Thin	178	7.3	82.2	97	165	282
Normal weight	1661	67.0	84.0	96	149	245
Overweight	433	17.0	79.4	98	189	305
Obese	208	8.7	71.9	91	186	416
Smoking			p = 0.001		p = 0.07
No	1691	69.6	82.5	96	161	264
Quit during pregnancy	425	16.5	86.0	93	134	239
Before & during pregnancy	364	13.9	74.9	100	180	416
Parity			p < 0.001		p < 0.001
1	1115	46.0	90.2	90	118	210
2	1020	40.1	77.6	98	179	311
≥ 3	345	13.9	67.7	159	227	416

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