Attitudes and Barriers to Breastfeeding among Mothers in Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Table 1

Distribution of participants by sociodemographic characteristics (n = 400).

Category	Subcategory	n (%)
Age (years)	20–30	118 (29.5)
	31–40	199 (49.8)
	>40	83 (20.8)
Nationality	Saudi	351 (87.8)
	Non-Saudi	49 (12.2)
Marital status	Married	371 (92.8)
	Widow/divorced	29 (7.2)
Level of education	Before college	67 (16.8)
	Bachelor’s degree	250 (62.5)
	Postgraduate	83 (20.8)
Profession	Student	82 (20.5)
	Employee	247 (61.8)
	Faculty member	71 (17.8)
Living	Own house	162 (40.5)
	Rent	148 (37.0)
	Large house	45 (11.2)
	Workplace	45 (11.2)
Income (all sources, all family members)	Not enough but I borrow	20 (5.0)
	Enough	172 (43.0)
	Not enough	62 (15.5)
	Enough and save	97 (24.2)
	I don’t want to answer	49 (12.2)
Payment	Governmental	208 (52.0)
	Private	103 (25.8)
	Health insurance	89 (22.0)
Number of births	One time	94 (23.5)
	Two times	90 (22.5)
	Three times	74 (18.5)
	Four times	70 (17.5)
	>Four times	72 (18.8)

Mean age = 34.1 ± 10.4.