Breastfeeding (BF) advantages for the total numbers of participants, students and staff
| BF advantages | Total n (%) 330 (100) | Students n (%) 224 (67.9) | Faculty and staff n (%) 106 (32.1) | P value | |
| Breast milk is cheaper than formula milk | Agree | 188 (57) | 127 (56.7) | 61 (57.5) | |
| Neutral | 79 (23.9) | 55 (24.6) | 24 (22.6) | ||
| Disagree | 63 (19.1) | 42 (18.8) | 21 (19.8) | ||
| Breastfed babies are smarter than formula fed babies | Agree | 186 (56.4) | 123 (54.9) | 63 (59.4) | |
| Neutral | 90 (27.3) | 63 (28.1) | 27 (25.5) | ||
| Disagree | 54 (16.4) | 38 (17) | 16 (15.1) | ||
| Breastfed babies grow better than formula fed babies | Agree | 235 (71.2) | 155 (69.2) | 80 (75.5) | |
| Neutral | 60 (18.2) | 42 (18.8) | 18 (17) | ||
| Disagree | 35 (10.6) | 27 (12.1) | 8 (7.5) | ||
| Babies enjoy BF more than formula feeding | Agree | 207 (62.7) | 183 (61.6) | 69 (65.1) | |
| Neutral | 89 (27) | 60 (26.8) | 29 (27.4) | ||
| Disagree | 34 (10.3) | 26 (11.6) | 8 (7.5) | ||
| I respect women who breast feed | Agree | 266 (80.6) | 172 (76.8)* | 94 (88.7)*† | 0.038 |
| Neutral | 41 (12.4) | 33 (14.7) | 8 (7.5) | ||
| Disagree | 23 (7) | 19 (8.5) | 4 (3.8) | ||
| BF is more convenient than formula feeding | Agree | 156 (50) | 114 (50.9) | 51 (48.1) | |
| Neutral | 78 (23.6) | 54 (24.1) | 24 (22.6) | ||
| Disagree | 87 (26.4) | 56 (25) | 31 (29.2) |
*Different superscript letters note statistical significance with χ2 statistics.
†p<0.05.