Correlations between proportions of Catholic, Protestant and no declared religion and breast feeding initiation rates in the American states
| Breast feeding initiation rate among | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ethnicities (n=50) | Non-Hispanic white (n=50) | Hispanic white (n=44) | Blacks (n=26) | |
| Catholics | ||||
| Total Catholics | ||||
| Unadjusted | 0.26 | 0.19 | −0.03 | 0.54 |
| Adjusted for education | 0.08 | −0.02 | −0.19 | 0.41* |
| Adjusted for education and SES | 0.06 | −0.04 | −0.17 | 0.29 |
| Non-Hispanic white Catholics | ||||
| Unadjusted | – | −0.01 | – | – |
| Adjusted for education | – | −0.24 | – | – |
| Adjusted for education and SES | – | −0.29 | – | – |
| Hispanic white Catholics | ||||
| Unadjusted | – | – | 0.21 | – |
| Adjusted for education | – | – | 0.06 | – |
| Adjusted for education and SES | – | – | 0.03 | – |
| Black Catholics | ||||
| Unadjusted | – | – | – | 0.23 |
| Adjusted for education | – | – | – | 0.24 |
| Adjusted for education and SES | – | – | – | 0.22 |
| Protestants | ||||
| Total Protestants | ||||
| Unadjusted | −0.65*** | −0.59*** | −0.31* | −0.66*** |
| Adjusted for education | −0.38** | −0.30* | 0.07 | −0.51** |
| Adjusted for education and SES | −0.37* | −0.30* | 0.06 | −0.38 |
| White Evangelical Protestants | ||||
| Unadjusted | – | −0.51*** | – | – |
| Adjusted for education | – | −0.14 | – | – |
| Adjusted for education and SES | – | −0.13 | – | – |
| White Mainline Protestants | ||||
| Unadjusted | – | −0.02 | – | – |
| Adjusted for education | – | −0.05 | – | – |
| Adjusted for education and SES | – | −0.07 | – | – |
| Hispanic Protestants | ||||
| Unadjusted | – | – | 0.01 | – |
| Adjusted for education | – | – | 0.00 | – |
| Adjusted for education and SES | – | – | −0.04 | – |
| Black Protestants | ||||
| Unadjusted | – | – | – | −0.47* |
| Adjusted for education | – | – | – | −0.39 |
| Adjusted for education and SES | – | – | – | −0.23 |
| No religion | ||||
| Unadjusted | 0.63*** | 0.63*** | 0.34* | 0.53** |
| Adjusted for education | 0.43** | 0.45** | 0.02 | 0.31 |
| Adjusted for education and SES | 0.43** | 0.45** | 0.02 | 0.18 |
Values are coefficient of Spearman's correlation.
p Values: *<0.05, **<0.01, ***<0.001.
SES, socioeconomic status.