About this article
Article Category: Original Research
Published Online: Jun 09, 2022
Page range: 277 - 284
Received: Aug 30, 2021
Accepted: Feb 22, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34763/jmotherandchild.20212504.d-21-00020
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© 2022 Justyna Grzyb et al., published by Sciendo
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Survey results
| Questions and Answers | N (%) * |
|---|---|
| What do you think about breastfeeding in public places (gallery, train station, park, office)? | |
| I can | 634 (90,6) |
| I have no opinion | 38 (5,4) |
| I shouldn’t | 28 (4,0) |
| Have you ever breastfed in a public place? | |
| Yes | 547 (78,9) |
| No ** | 147 (21,1) |
| If Yes, how often did you breastfeed in a public place? | |
| Occasionally | 178 (30,8) |
| Sometimes | 195 (33,8) |
| Often | 147 (25,5) |
| Whenever | 57 (9,9) |
| If Yes, was the place where you breastfed specially adapted to this purpose? | |
| Yes | 45 (7,8) |
| No | 393 (68,0) |
| Partially | 140 (24,2) |
| If Yes, did you feel comfortable in the place where you breastfed? | |
| Yes | 233 (46,9) |
| No | 264 (53,1) |
| Have you ever been criticised for breastfeeding in public? | |
| Yes | 66 (10,4) |
| No | 568 (89,6) |
| Did you have to breastfeed outside your home? | |
| Yes *** | 640 (91,4) |
| No | 60 (8,6) |
Frequency of breastfeeding in a public place by the surveyed women by criticism phenomenon (p = 0,073)
| If Yes, how often did you breastfeed in a public place? | Women criticised for public breastfeeding N (%)* | Women not criticised for public breastfeeding N (%)* |
|---|---|---|
| Occasionally | 14 (21,9) | 162 (31,8) |
| Sometimes | 23 (35,9) | 172 (33,7) |
| Often | 17 (26,6) | 129 (25,3) |
| Whenever | 10 (15,6) | 47 (9,2) |
Tolerance for seeing a woman breastfeeding in a public place by city size (p = 0,276)
| Size of the city of residence (size of the population) | Women criticised for public breastfeeding N (%)* | Women not criticised for public breastfeeding N (%)* |
|---|---|---|
| Urban agglomeration (e.g. Warsaw, Katowice) | 30 (13,2) | 197 (86,8) |
| Large city (over 100 000) | 11 (8,9) | 112 (91,1) |
| Average city (between 20 000 – 100 000) | 13 (7,2) | 168 (92,8) |
| Small city (< 20 000) | 12 (11,8) | 90 (88,2) |
Demographic characteristics of the surveyed women
| Trait | N (%) * |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | |
| < 20 | 8 (1,1) |
| 20-30 | 240 (34,3) |
| 30-40 | 397 (56,7) |
| > 40 | 55 (7,9) |
| Size of the city of residence (size of the population) | |
| Urban agglomeration (e.g. Warsaw, Katowice) | 234 (33,5) |
| Large city (over 100 000) | 134 (19,2) |
| Average city (between 20 000 – 100 000) | 206 (29,5) |
| Small city (< 20 000) | 124 (17,8) |
| Level of education | |
| Primary education | 10 (1,4) |
| Secondary education | 138 (19,8) |
| Incomplete higher education | 59 (8,5) |
| Higher education | 490 (70,3) |