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Table 5 Proportion of respondents reporting which categories of infants receive donor human milk under their level of care

From: Formal and informal human milk donation in New Zealand: a mixed-method national survey

Criteria

Primary (n = 46)

Secondary (n = 38)

Tertiary (n = 40)

Other (n = 13)

Mix* (n = 37)

P value**

Preterm infants

19 (41.3%)a

30 (78.9%)b

30 (32.5%) a

5 (38.5%) a

27 (73%) a, b

< 0.001

Term infants

39 (84.8%) a

32 (84.2%) a

18 (45%) b

11 (84.6%) a

26 (70.3%) a, b

< 0.001

Birthweight ≤ 1500 g

21 (45.7%) a, b

25 (65.8%) a

27 (67.5%) a

5 (38.5%) b

28 (75.7%) a, b

0.02

  1. Respondents could select more than 1 criteria. Superscript letters indicate groups significantly different within each criterion
  2. *Respondents working across multiple levels of care. **Fisher-Freeman-Halton Exact Test