TABLE 3

Relative Likelihood (Adjusted Odds Ratio) That Women in Various Sociodemographic Categories Considered Selected Reasons as Important in Their Decision to Stop Breastfeeding

Variable	My Baby Had Trouble Sucking or Latching On	I Wanted or Needed Someone Else to Feed the Baby	Breast Milk Alone Did not Satisfy My Baby	I Wanted My Body Back to Myself	I Was Sick or Had to Take Medicine	Pumping Milk no Longer Seemed Worth the Effort That It Required	My Baby Lost Interest in Nursing or Began to wean Himself or Herself
Age, y
18–24	0.90	1.46	0.78	1.73	0.75	1.37	0.73
25–29	1.11	1.05	0.94	1.21	0.87	1.33	0.88
30–34	0.61	1.05	1.12	1.00	0.95	1.27	1.07
≥35	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent
Marital status
Unmarried	0.75	1.19	1.00	1.08	1.14	1.01	1.08
Married	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent
Parity
Primiparous	1.70^a	0.88	1.08	0.56^a	0.79	1.41^a	1.39^a
Multiparous	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent
Education
High school or less	0.95	0.67	0.89	0.52^a	0.99	0.33^a	0.87
Some college	0.84	0.73	0.84	0.65^a	0.88	0.61^a	0.93
College graduate	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent
Income as percentage of federal poverty level
<185%	1.06	1.19	1.45^a	0.82	1.38	0.73	1.40
185%–349%	0.93	1.14	1.36^a	0.74	1.04	0.94	1.40
≥350%	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent
Postpartum WIC participation
No	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent
Yes	1.15	0.99	1.18	0.77	1.11	0.96	1.10
Race
Non-Hispanic white	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent
Non-Hispanic black	1.07	0.94	1.06	1.36	1.00	0.40	1.84
Hispanic	1.10	0.98	1.63^a	1.35	0.92	0.98	0.89
Other	1.12	1.35	1.12	1.28	1.50	0.72	1.09
Region
Northeast	0.72	1.21	0.80	0.99	1.24	1.10	0.88
Midwest	0.82	1.39	0.91	0.94	0.64	1.04	0.82
South	0.56^a	1.02	0.93	0.81	0.96	0.85	0.93
West	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent

Adjusted Odds ratios listed for each sociodemographic category were obtained after controlling for all the others shown plus weaning age.
↵a Significantly different from the referent category (95% confidence interval did not include 1).