The proportion of participants reported as n (%) for the breastfeeding (BF) exposures for the total population (n=330), and per students (n=224), faculty and staff (n=106)
| BF exposure | Total n (%) 330 (100) | Students n (%) 224 (67.9) | Faculty and staff n (%) 106 (32.1) |
| Have children | |||
| Yes | 60 (18.2) | 22 (9.8)* | 38 (35.8)*† |
| No | 270 (81.8) | 202 (90.2)* | 68 (64.2)*† |
| Pregnant currently | |||
| Yes | 19 (5.8) | 13 (5.8) | 6 (5.7) |
| No | 310 (94.2) | 210 (94.2) | 100 (94.3) |
| BF currently | |||
| Yes | 17 (5.2) | 10 (4.5) | 7 (6.6) |
| No | 312 (94.8) | 213 (95.5) | 99 (94.8) |
| Ever breast fed | |||
| Yes | 47 (14.2) | 18 (8)* | 29 (27.4)*† |
| No | 283 (85.8) | 206 (92)* | 77 (72.6)*† |
| Breast fed when baby | |||
| Yes | 228 (69.1) | 156 (69.6) | 72 (67.9) |
| No | 37 (11.2) | 22 (9.8) | 15 (14.2) |
| Unsure | 65 (19.7) | 46 (20.5) | 19 (17.9) |
| Know someone who has breast fed | |||
| Yes | 294 (89.1) | 199 (88.8) | 95 (89.6) |
| No | 22 (6.7) | 16 (7.1) | 6 (5.7) |
| Unsure | 14 (4.2) | 9 (4) | 5 (4.7) |
| Ever witnessed a woman BF | |||
| Yes | 297 (90) | 201 (89.7) | 96 (90.6) |
| No | 28 (8.5) | 19 (8.5) | 9 (8.5) |
| Unsure | 5 (1.5) | 4 (1.8) | 1 (0.9) |
| Support friends or relative members to breast feed | |||
| Yes | 307 (93) | 210 (93.8) | 97 (91.5) |
| No | 11 (3.3) | 5 (2.2) | 6 (5.7) |
| Unsure | 12 (3.6) | 9 (4) | 3 (2.8) |
| Decision to breast feed should be made by | |||
| Entirely by the mother | 238 (72.1) | 163 (72.8) | 75 (70.8) |
| Mostly by the mother | 37 (11.2) | 24 (10.7) | 13 (12.3) |
| By the entire family | 37 (11.2) | 27 (10.7) | 13 (12.3) |
| By others | 18 (5.5) | 13 (5.8) | 5 (4.7) |
*Different superscript letters note statistical significance with χ2 statistics.
†p<0.001.