Table 4: Comparison of practice of breastfeeding according to nationality *Chi-Square Test
| Nationality | P value* |
| Kuwaiti (n=229) | Non-Kuwaiti (n=142) | |
Ever breastfeeding a child | 191 (83.4) | 117 (82.4) | 0.801 |
How many of your children did you breastfeed? The first child only | 38 (19.7) | 25 (21.2) | 0.034 |
Some of them | 28 (14.5) | 5 (4.2) | |
All of them | 122 (63.2) | 86 (72.9) | |
The last child only | 5 (2.6) | 2 (1.7) | |
How old was your baby when you stopped breastfeeding? <1 month | 33 (17.2) | 5 (4.3) | <0.001 |
1-3 months | 62 (32.3) | 18 (15.4) | |
4-6 months | 40 (20.8) | 22 (18.8) | |
7-9 months | 21 (10.9) | 9 (7.7) | |
10-12 months | 17 (8.9) | 23 (19.7) | |
>12 months | 19 (9.9) | 40 (34.2) | |
Used formula or other milk while breastfeeding | 175 (76.8) | 97 (68.8) | 0.091 |
What was your baby’s age when you introduced the formula or other milk? | 59 (33.0) | | |
<1 month | 59 (33.0) | 19 (19.6) | 0.009 |
1-3 months | 67 (37.4) | 30 (30.9) | |
4-6 months | 27 (15.1) | 25 (25.8) | |
>6 months | 26 (14.5) | 23 (23.7) | |