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12) Breastfeeding

Table 17 Breastfeeding, by employment of mothers
(unit: %)
  Total Breastfeeding
only
Infant formulas
only
  Combination
of
breastfeeding
and
infant
formulas
Not stated
First
breastfeeding
only
Total 46,961   9,799 2,914 2,133 33,856 392
  100.0 20.9 6.2 4.5 72.1 0.8
Unemployed 34,592 100.0 22.0 6.3 4.7 71.0 0.7
Worker on child care leave 4,724 100.0 24.9 3.3 2.3 71.3 0.6
Full-time worker 2,527 100.0 5.4 8.9 7.0 85.2 0.5
Part-time worker 1,963 100.0 11.9 7.3 5.0 79.8 0.9
Self-employed worker / Family worker 2,019 100.0 21.5 6.1 4.5 71.1 1.2
Pieceworker at home 485 100.0 20.0 6.2 4.5 73.0 0.8
Note 1: Only the babies staying with their mothers at the time of the survey are aggregated.
Note 2: "Others" and "Not stated" of employment situation are included in the Total.
NNote3: The figures of "Full-time worker" do not include the number of "Worker on child care leave".


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