Table 3

Student’s t-test comparisons of total scores for breastfeeding (BF) knowledge, attitudes, advantages and concerns between Kuwait University (KU) positions categories, and by Kuwaiti versus non-Kuwaiti nationality

Scores	Total n=330	Students versus faculty and staff (n=224 vs 106)	Kuwaiti versus non-Kuwaiti (n=271 vs 59)	P value*
BF knowledge	9.9±1.6	9.8±1.7	9.9±1.7
BF knowledge	9.9±1.6	10.2±1.5	10.1±1.3
% BF knowledge	82.8±13.7	81.8±14.1	82.4±14.2
% BF knowledge	82.8±13.7	83.3±12.7	84.5±10.8
BF attitude	49.3±9.2	49.1±8.9	48.6±8.9†	0.002
BF attitude	49.3±9.2	49.6±9.7	52.6±9.7†‡
% Total BF attitudes	65.7±12.2	65.5±11.9	64.8±11.9†	0.002
% Total BF attitudes	65.7±12.2	66.2±12.9	70.1±12.9†‡
BF advantages	23.8±4.4	23.5±4.3	23.5±4.5†	0.026
BF advantages	23.8±4.4	24.2±4.6	24.9±3.9b**
% BF advantages	79.2±14.7	78.5±14.4	78.4±14.9†	0.026
% BF advantages	79.2±14.7	80.8±15.3	83.0±13.3†‡
BF concerns	25.5±7.8	25.6±7.6	25.1±7.5a	0.02
BF concerns	25.5±7.8	25.6±7.6	27.6±8.6†‡
% BF concerns	56.7±17.3	56.8±16.8	55.6±16.7†	0.02
% BF concerns	56.7±17.3	56.5±18.3	61.4±19.1†‡

*P value significant at <0.05.
†Different superscript letters note statistical significance with Student’s t-test statistics.
‡p<0.01.