A study of the role of workplace characteristics on breastfeeding found that the availability of employer- sponsored child care increased the likelihood of breastfeeding at 6 months by 47 percent; also, the ability to work an additional 8 hours per week from home increased the likelihood of initiating breastfeeding by 8 percent, and sustaining breastfeeding to 6 months by 16.8 percent (Jacknowitz, 2008).