Table 6 Multivariate regression analyses predicting parenting stressors and parental role strain for breastfeeding women in Finland and the UK

Parenting stress

Parental role strain

Model 1 Demographics

β¹

p

(95%CI)

β¹

p

(95%CI)

Country (Finland/UK)

-.03

.341

(-.88,.30)

.37

< .001

(2.6,3.6)

Single parent

-.04

.170

(-5.1,.91)

-.03

.342

(-2.8,-0.9)

Income

-.28

 < .001

(-1.5,-.92)

-.10

< .001

(-.58, -.17)

Education

.06

.040

(.06,.53)

.05

.005

(.01,.47)

R²_adj. = 10, F(4,857) = 27.77, p < .001

R²_adj = .14, F(4,,1110) = 50.4, p < .001

Model 2 Breastfeeding

 Breastfeeding stress

.11

.004

(.03,.16)

.20

< .001

(.11,.21)

 Breastfeeding self-efficacy

-.07

.065

(-.22,.03)

-.07

.040

(-.17, -.01)

R²_adj = .13, F (2,855) = 15.72, p < .001

R²_adj = .21, F(2,1108) = 43.9, p < .001

Model 3 Social Support

 Professional support (CARE)

-.15

< .001

(-.12,-.05)

-.08

< .005

(-.06, -.01)

 Shared parenting

.01

.903

(-.09,.10)

.02

.604

(-.06,.09)

 How helpful

-.15

< .001

(-1.6 -.64)

-.10

< .001

(-1.1,-.32)

R²_adj = .17, F(3,852) = 15.73, p < .001

R²_adj = .23, F (3,1105) = 7.6, p < .001

Model 4 Interactions

β²

β²

BFStress x CARE

-.23

.162

(-.01,.002)

.01

.870

(-.006, .006)

BFStress x helpful

.12

.710

(-.09,.13)

.37

.172

(-.02,14)

R²_adj = .17, F (2,850) = 1.0, p = .364

R²_adj = .23,F(2,1103) = .94, p = .395