This statistic shows the results of a survey on the main reasons for breastfeeding in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2015. The main reason for individuals breastfeeding are the health benefits for baby, at 85 percent of responses.
If you breastfed, or are planning to, what is the main reason for your choice?
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Challenges to breastfeeding
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Lansinoh. (July 27, 2015). If you breastfed, or are planning to, what is the main reason for your choice? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/507035/main-reasons-for-breastfeeding-united-kingdom-uk/
Lansinoh. "If you breastfed, or are planning to, what is the main reason for your choice?." Chart. July 27, 2015. Statista. Accessed June 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/507035/main-reasons-for-breastfeeding-united-kingdom-uk/
Lansinoh. (2015). If you breastfed, or are planning to, what is the main reason for your choice?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/507035/main-reasons-for-breastfeeding-united-kingdom-uk/
Lansinoh. "If You Breastfed, or Are Planning To, What Is The Main Reason for Your Choice?." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jul 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/507035/main-reasons-for-breastfeeding-united-kingdom-uk/
Lansinoh, If you breastfed, or are planning to, what is the main reason for your choice? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/507035/main-reasons-for-breastfeeding-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited June 03, 2024)
If you breastfed, or are planning to, what is the main reason for your choice? [Graph], Lansinoh, July 27, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/507035/main-reasons-for-breastfeeding-united-kingdom-uk/