Chapter 3. Infant Feeding |
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Table 3.3. Percent of babies who were fed any breast milk in the past 7 days by infant age and selected demographics1 Infant Feeding Practices Study II |
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| Infant age in months | ||||||||||
| Neonatal | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | |
| ALL(n) | 3,002 | 2,546 | 2,381 | 2,232 | 2,178 | 2,092 | 2,017 | 1,942 | 1,804 | 1,802 |
| (%) | 72.4 | 63.8 | 60.4 | 56.9 | 53.7 | 49.8 | 45.6 | 41.6 | 37.1 | 25.2 |
| Age | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 61.0 | 46.9 | 41.9 | 37.4 | 34.2 | 31.4 | 27.0 | 23.8 | 22.4 | 12.9 |
| 25-29 | 76.4 | 68.3 | 65.3 | 61.6 | 57.5 | 53.6 | 49.5 | 45.2 | 40.7 | 27.9 |
| 30-34 | 74.5 | 68.0 | 65.4 | 61.4 | 57.9 | 54.7 | 48.9 | 44.6 | 39.8 | 26.4 |
| 35+ | 77.5 | 69.5 | 64.9 | 62.7 | 59.3 | 54.1 | 51.5 | 46.9 | 39.8 | 29.3 |
| Parity | ||||||||||
| Primiparous | 71.7 | 58.9 | 54.0 | 49.5 | 45.6 | 41.6 | 38.6 | 34.9 | 30.9 | 20.2 |
| Multiparous | 73.2 | 66.3 | 63.8 | 60.7 | 57.6 | 53.9 | 49.2 | 44.8 | 40.1 | 27.7 |
| Education | ||||||||||
| HS or less | 56.3 | 44.7 | 42.2 | 39.1 | 37.3 | 34.7 | 29.5 | 29.0 | 24.1 | 13.7 |
| Some college | 72.2 | 62.7 | 58.4 | 54.2 | 50.9 | 46.3 | 42.1 | 38.9 | 33.5 | 22.1 |
| College graduate | 84.5 | 77.9 | 74.4 | 70.8 | 66.6 | 63.4 | 58.2 | 51.4 | 47.0 | 33.5 |
| Income (% of poverty) | ||||||||||
| < 185% | 66.5 | 56.4 | 53.6 | 50.5 | 48.3 | 45.0 | 41.5 | 38.1 | 34.6 | 23.7 |
| 185- < 350% | 75.0 | 68.5 | 64.5 | 61.6 | 58.1 | 54.5 | 50.1 | 46.0 | 41.3 | 29.0 |
| >=350% | 79.2 | 69.4 | 65.6 | 60.3 | 55.6 | 50.6 | 45.3 | 40.6 | 34.7 | 22.2 |
| WIC Participant | ||||||||||
| No | 62.4 | 72.2 | 69.4 | 65.9 | 62.2 | 58.2 | 52.3 | 48.1 | 41.7 | 28.7 |
| Yes | 79.1 | 50.5 | 45.7 | 41.6 | 39.0 | 35.3 | 33.1 | 29.8 | 28.5 | 18.5 |
| Race | ||||||||||
| White | 71.8 | 64.2 | 61.1 | 58.1 | 55.3 | 51.2 | 46.7 | 43.1 | 38.5 | 26.4 |
| Black | 67.1 | 53.9 | 50.0 | 40.2 | 34.2 | 33.8 | 28.8 | 28.6 | 26.5 | 18.3 |
| Hispanic | 78.0 | 66.0 | 58.3 | 50.0 | 45.1 | 42.5 | 38.3 | 28.0 | 19.4 | 15.3 |
| Region | ||||||||||
| Northeast | 69.4 | 60.8 | 57.4 | 53.7 | 51.9 | 48.3 | 43.0 | 40.0 | 36.0 | 24.9 |
| Midwest | 69.5 | 60.1 | 56.5 | 52.8 | 50.7 | 46.3 | 41.6 | 39.4 | 35.1 | 22.6 |
| South | 69.6 | 59.5 | 55.6 | 52.3 | 48.8 | 45.2 | 41.8 | 36.6 | 33.8 | 22.6 |
| West | 83.8 | 78.3 | 76.5 | 73.2 | 67.4 | 63.7 | 60.0 | 54.1 | 46.5 | 33.9 |
1Table is based on variables: N40A, M2A1A, M3A1A, M4A1A, M5A1A, M6A1A, M7A1A, M9A1A, MXA1A, MWA1A |
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