Chapter 3. Infant Feeding

Table 3.45. Percent of mothers who felt confident that they would be able to breastfeed until the baby's age they desired prenatally and at various infant ages in months by selected demographics1,2, among mothers who intended to or breastfed their baby

Infant Feeding Practices Study II

  Prenatal Neonatal Month 2 Month 5 Month 7
  N % N % N % N % N %
ALL 3,759 67.2 2,100 75.2 1,525 86.0 1,127 88.6 852 92.5
Age
18-24 1,006 64.1 399 71.7 229 84.3 131 80.9 91 92.3
25-29 1,249 67.5 748 77.4 562 86.7 414 88.9 304 94.4
30-34 950 68.1 604 74.7 462 86.1 366 89.3 278 91.4
35+ 545 70.5 348 75.3 272 85.7 216 91.7 179 91.1
Parity
Primiparous 1,220 61.2 580 62.9 408 80.4 273 85.3 208 88.0
Multiparous 2,413 70.6 1,476 80.1 1,095 88.1 844 89.7 639 93.9
Education
HS or less 698 64.5 306 74.5 196 85.2 135 89.6 94 93.6
Some college 1,415 67.9 783 75.0 555 86.7 375 86.4 265 93.6
College graduate 1,223 70.0 881 76.2 709 86.0 585 89.9 473 92.4
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 1,599 67.2 805 77.4 539 88.3 392 89.0 294 94.2
185- < 350% 1,316 69.2 783 77.1 589 86.8 443 88.5 341 93.5
>=350% 844 63.9 512 68.8 397 81.6 292 88.4 217 88.5
WIC Participant
No 1,483 70.0 1,370 76.3 1,062 86.3 824 88.8 636 92.0
Yes 894 66.8 730 73.2 463 85.3 303 88.1 216 94.0
Race
White 2,948 67.6 1,712 75.5 1,285 86.5 977 89.2 739 93.5
Black 216 63.4 88 80.7 47 85.1 24 95.8 18 83.3
Hispanic 269 65.4 136 73.5 92 85.9 49 87.8 37 91.9
Region
Northeast 599 69.9 347 75.5 256 83.6 198 89.9 158 93.7
Midwest 1,056 65.7 599 74.1 437 86.5 328 88.4 241 94.2
South 1,271 65.5 661 75.0 447 86.1 318 88.1 231 90.5
West 833 69.6 493 76.5 385 86.8 283 88.7 222 91.9

1Table is based on variables: P32, N63, M2D6, M5D5, M7D5
2Percentages shown indicates 'Somewhat confident' or 'Very confident'