Workplace breastfeeding support and job satisfaction among working mothers in the United States
Margaret D Whitley1,2, Annie Ro1, BongKyoo Choi3,4
1Public Health Program, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California.
Background:
Job satisfaction is associated with health and productivity. Workplace support for breastfeeding may affect working mothers' job satisfaction.
Methods:
We analyzed responses from 488 women from the Infant Feeding Practices Study II (2005-2007). Using logistic regression, we assessed whether workplace breastfeeding problems at 3 months postpartum were related to low job satisfaction concurrently and, for a subsample (n = 265), at 9 and 12 months postpartum.
Results:
Compared with women reporting no problems, women reporting three or more problems had higher odds (odds ratio [OR] = 4.76; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.03-11.18) of low job satisfaction at 3 months, and at 12 months (OR = 6.88, 95% CI: 1.33-35.58) after controlling for baseline job satisfaction. Models isolating problems with break time and space to pump/nurse showed more modest results.
Conclusions:
Work-related breastfeeding problems at 3 months postpartum were associated with low job satisfaction concurrently and at follow-up. Improving workplace breastfeeding accommodations could improve mothers' job satisfaction.
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