Breastfeeding (BF) concerns, reported here for the total number of participants, students, faculty and staff
| BF concerns | Total n (%) 330 (100) | Students n (%) 224 (67.9) | Faculty and staff n (%) 106 (32.1) | P value | |
| Formula feeding gives more freedom to the mother | Agree | 167 (50.6) | 103 (46)* | 64 (60.4)*† | 0.029 |
| Neutral | 82 (24.8) | 64 (28.6)* | 18 (17)*† | ||
| Disagree | 81 (2.5) | 57 (25.4) | 24 (22.6) | ||
| Nursing a baby would be painful | Agree | 142 (43) | 87 (38.8)* | 55 (51.9)*† | 0.033 |
| Neutral | 108 (32.7) | 83 (37.1)* | 25 (23.6)*† | ||
| Disagree | 80 (24.2) | 54 (24.1) | 26 (24.5) | ||
| BF can make breast sag | Agree | 119 (36.1) | 85 (37.9) | 34 (32.1) | |
| Neutral | 94 (28.5) | 64 (28.6) | 30 (28.3) | ||
| Disagree | 117 (35.5) | 75 (33.5) | 42 (39.6) | ||
| Mothers should wean their babies before they return to work or school | Agree | 200 (60.6) | 131 (58.5) | 69 (65.1) | |
| Neutral | 62 (18.8) | 46 (20.5) | 16 (15.1) | ||
| Disagree | 68 (20.6) | 47 (21) | 21 (19.8) | ||
| Seeing a woman breast feed makes me uncomfortable | Agree | 82 (24.8) | 59 (26.3) | 23 (21.7) | |
| Neutral | 67 (20.3) | 44 (19.6) | 23 (21.7) | ||
| Disagree | 181 (54.8) | 121 (540 | 60 (56.6) | ||
| Seeing a woman breast feed on television makes me uncomfortable | Agree | 118 (35.8) | 81 (36.2) | 37 (34.9) | |
| Neutral | 65 (19.7) | 44 (19.6) | 21 (19.8) | ||
| Disagree | 147 (44.5) | 99 (44.2) | 48 (45.3) | ||
| Seeing a magazine picture of a woman BF makes me uncomfortable | Agree | 119 (36.1) | 79 (35.3) | 40 (37.7) | |
| Neutral | 59 (17.9) | 40 (17.9) | 19 (17.9) | ||
| Disagree | 152 (46.1) | 105 (46.9) | 47 (44.3) | ||
| BF should be done only around friends and family | Agree | 173 (52.4) | 121 (54) | 52 (49.1) | |
| Neutral | 57 (17.3) | 37 (16.5) | 20 (18.9) | ||
| Disagree | 100 (30.3) | 66 (29.5) | 34 (32.1”) | ||
| I feel embarrassed if I witnessed a woman BF her baby | Agree | 157 (47.6) | 107 (47.8) | 50 (47.2) | |
| Neutral | 67 (20.3) | 49 (21.9) | 18 (17) | ||
| Disagree | 106 (3.1) | 68 (30.4) | 38 (35.8) |
*Different superscript letters note statistical significance with χ2 statistics.
†p<0.05.