HealthStyles Survey — Breastfeeding Practices: 2005
The HealthStyles survey is one of a pair of linked postal mail surveys sent to a sample of adults aged 18 years and older. It is drawn to be nationally representative of seven U.S. Census Bureau demographic characteristics. The first survey is a consumer survey about general media habits, product use, interests, and lifestyle. The second survey, HealthStyles, focuses on health orientations and practices. This survey has been administered annually since 1995. From 1995 through 2001 it was linked with the DDB Needham LifeStyles consumer survey. Beginning in 2002 it is linked with the Porter Novelli ConsumerStyles survey. HealthStyles is a proprietary database product of Porter Novelli and is licensed by the CDC for audience analysis in health communication planning.
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HealthStyles Questions and Data by Year
All items are coded on the likert scale of 1 to 5 from strongly disagree, to moderately disagree, neither disagree nor agree, moderately agree, or strongly agree.
2005 HealthStyles Survey Items
| Question | # Analyzed Respondents | Agree | Neither Agree/ Disagree |
Disagree | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feeding a baby formula instead of breastmilk increases the chances the baby will get sick. | 4,748 | 21.4% | 32.5% | 46.2% | |
| If a child is not breastfed, she/he will be more likely to get ear infections. | 4,705 | 20.7% | 34.3% | 45% | |
| If a child is not breastfed, she/he will be more likely to get respiratory infections, such as bronchitis, or pneumonia. | 4,720 | 19.1% | 32.7% | 48.2% | |
| If a child is not breastfed, she/he will be more likely to become overweight. | 4,697 | 9.6% | 32.5% | 57.9% | |
| If a child is not breastfed, she/he will be more likely to get diarrhea. | 4,686 | 7.1% | 32.2% | 60.7% | |
| Infant formula is as good as breastmilk. | 4,730 | 28.3% | 29.1% | 42.6% | |
| Babies should be breastfed at least for the first 6 months. | 4,699 | 49.1% | 32.3% | 18.6% | |
| Babies should be exclusively breastfed (fed only breastmilk) for the first 6 months. | 4,686 | 27.6% | 36.4% | 36% | |
| In the past month, have you seen an advertisement on TV that shows pregnant women riding mechanical bulls or in a log rolling competition? | 4,753 | Responses | |||
• Yes 4.8% |
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| Have you seen, heard or read anything about breastfeeding anywhere recently? Please check all that apply. (percent of those who responded positively) | 4,730 | • TV Program 10.5% |
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| How safe is the flue shot for women who are breastfeeding? | 4,090 | % Responding | |||
| Very safe: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Not at all safe: 1 |
11.1% 3.4% 5.6% 4.3% 6.6% 31.2% 6.1% 6.6% 6.0% 19.2% |
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