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Margaret D Whitley1, Annie Ro, BongKyoo Choi
1From the Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (Dr Whitley); Program in Public Health, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California (Dr Ro); and Center for Work and Health Research, Irvine, California (Mr Choi).
Background:
Low job control may predict shorter breastfeeding (BF) among working mothers and may contribute to racial disparities in BF.
Methods:
We used demographic, employment, and health data for n = 631 observations from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Job control scores came from a job-exposure matrix.Using path analysis, we assessed whether job control predicted BF and mediated Black-White BF differences. We controlled for education, working hours, marital status, and low birthweight.
Results:
Lower job control predicted decreased odds of BF for at least 6 months (odds ratio, 0.61; 95% confidence interval, 0.31-0.90; reference, no BF). Low job control explained 31% of the Black-White difference for both shorter-term and longer-term BF.
Conclusions:
Low job contributes to shorter BF and to BF disparities by race. Intervening to enhance job control could improve BF.
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