{"id":3147,"date":"2017-05-19T10:22:52","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T10:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/?p=3147"},"modified":"2017-05-19T10:22:52","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T10:22:52","slug":"survey-finds-75-of-apac-respondents-think-breastfeeding-in-public-should-be-protected-by-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/survey-finds-75-of-apac-respondents-think-breastfeeding-in-public-should-be-protected-by-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey finds 75% of APAC respondents think breastfeeding in public should be protected by law"},"content":{"rendered":"

Across most of America and Europe, a mothers\u2019 right to breastfeed in public places is protected by law. Companies there can even be fined for preventing babies from being breastfed. However, in APAC, a mother\u2019s right to breastfeed in public areas is not as well protected. How comfortable do people in APAC feel seeing mothers breastfeeding in public areas?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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YouGov, the world\u2019s leading online research firm, polled 9,242 people in APAC to understand the acceptance towards public breastfeeding.<\/p>\n

77% of APAC respondents think breastfeeding in public is acceptable.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In general, acceptance towards breastfeeding in public areas is high across APAC. Over 3 in 4 people interviewed in APAC think it is acceptable for mothers to breastfeed their babies in public. The acceptance level is the highest in Australia (87%), Hong Kong (87%) and Thailand (85%). However, people in Indonesia are least likely to think public breastfeeding is acceptable, with only 61% saying it is acceptable for a woman to breastfeed in public.<\/p>\n

Younger and single respondents tend to be less supportive of public breastfeeding.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Looking at the acceptance level across different age groups, the younger generation tends to be less tolerant than the older generation towards breastfeeding in public, with only 74% of respondents aged between 16-34, compared with 80% of respondents aged 35 or above saying public breastfeeding is acceptable.<\/p>\n

Single respondents (74%) are also less supportive of breastfeeding in public than those respondents who are married (81%).<\/p>\n

Interestingly, more male respondents (78%) than female respondents (76%) think breastfeeding in public area is acceptable.<\/p>\n

Less than 10% of APAC respondents feel that a mother\u2019s right to breastfeed in public should not be protected by law.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Should a mother\u2019s right to breastfeed in public be protected by law? Most of the APAC respondents are supportive of this, with 75% saying a mother\u2019s right to breastfeed in public should be protected by law, and just 9% saying it should not.<\/p>\n

Despite Singapore having a high acceptance of public breastfeeding (79%), they are the least likely to be supportive of a law with only 65% agreeing that a mother\u2019s right to breastfeed in public should be protected. This is even lower than an Indonesia (who were least likely to find it acceptable), in which 71% of respondents agree to a law for the protection of public breastfeeding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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