Participant characteristics.

<p>^a means and standard deviations are reported.</p><p>^b age at the time of the interview.</p><p>Participant characteristics.</p

The proportion of Australian mothers (N = 4990) who were fully, partly or non-adherent to the breastfeeding duration targets of six, 12, and 24 months or more for all of their children.

<p>The proportion of Australian mothers (N = 4990) who were fully, partly or non-adherent to the breastfeeding duration targets of six, 12, and 24 months or more for all of their children.</p

The proportion of Australian children (N = 9773) who were breastfed according to national and international duration targets of six, 12, and 24 months or more.

<p>^aUnknown: breastfeeding was ongoing at the time of the survey and the duration target had not been reached.</p

Characteristics of children by completed months of breastfeeding in line with the national and international duration targets.

a<p>Children being breastfed at the time of the survey who had not reached the breastfeeding duration target were classed as ‘unknown’ and were excluded from these analyses. When breastfeeding had ceased children were included regardless age.</p

Longitudinal patterns of breastfeeding duration^a for women with two or more children.

a<p>Children being breastfed at the time of the survey who had not reached the breastfeeding duration target were classed as ‘unknown’ and were excluded from these analyses. When breastfeeding had ceased women and children were included regardless of the child’s age.</p

Clinical questions and responses for summarising women's reproductive histories.

<p>Clinical questions and responses for summarising women's reproductive histories.</p

Reference rates of preterm delivery for different groups of Australian women.

a<p>Low<9, Moderate = 9–14, High>14 preterm deliveries per 100 live births.</p

Reference rates of stillbirth for different groups of Australian women.

a<p>Low<8, Moderate = 8–13, High>13 stillbirths per 1000 live births.</p

Physical, lifestyle and reproductive characteristics for a national cohort of Australian women.

a<p>Live birth or stillbirth. Minimum and maximum age at first birth: 14 to 36 years.</p>b<p>n = 606 have not had a live birth. Age for n = 2 stillbirths: 25.5±10.6 years. n = 2 missing age at stillbirth.</p>c<p>1 standard drink = 10 g alcohol. Risky drinking defined as ≥15 standard drinks per week (equivalent to 2.5 bottles of wine or 14.5 cans of beer). High-risk drinking defined as ≥28 drinks per week. Definitions from National Health and Medical Research Council (2001), <i>Australian Alcohol Guidelines: Health Risks and Benefits</i>.</p>d<p>Includes n = 5 sets of triplets and 1 woman had 2 sets of twins.</p

Reference rates of miscarriage for different groups of Australian women.

a<p>Low<20, Moderate = 20–40, High>40 miscarriages per 100 live births.</p