Chapter 3. Infant Feeding |
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Table 3.51. Median infant age in weeks when mothers pumped or tried to pump milk the first time by selected demographics1, among mothers who pumped or tried to pump milk in the past 2 or 3 months before completing each survey Infant Feeding Practices Study II |
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| Month 2 survey | Month 5 survey | Month 7 survey | ||||
| N | Median infant age in weeks | N | Median infant age in weeks | N | Median infant age in weeks | |
| ALL | 1,786 | 1.0 | 952 | 2.0 | 580 | 2.0 |
| Age | ||||||
| 18-24 | 358 | 0.9 | 117 | 2.0 | 64 | 2.0 |
| 25-29 | 642 | 0.9 | 361 | 2.0 | 207 | 2.0 |
| 30-34 | 494 | 1.0 | 299 | 2.0 | 193 | 2.0 |
| 35+ | 291 | 1.0 | 175 | 2.0 | 116 | 2.0 |
| Parity | ||||||
| Primiparous | 580 | 0.7 | 275 | 2.0 | 180 | 2.0 |
| Multiparous | 1,172 | 1.0 | 666 | 2.0 | 392 | 2.0 |
| Education | ||||||
| HS or less | 272 | 0.9 | 99 | 1.8 | 51 | 2.0 |
| Some college | 667 | 0.9 | 318 | 2.0 | 169 | 2.0 |
| College graduate | 748 | 1.0 | 511 | 2.0 | 348 | 2.0 |
| Income (% of poverty) | ||||||
| < 185% | 637 | 0.9 | 294 | 2.0 | 153 | 2.0 |
| 185- < 350% | 664 | 1.0 | 371 | 2.0 | 236 | 2.0 |
| >=350% | 485 | 0.7 | 287 | 2.0 | 191 | 2.0 |
| WIC Participant | ||||||
| No | 1,176 | 1.0 | 718 | 2.0 | 463 | 2.0 |
| Yes | 610 | 0.9 | 234 | 2.0 | 117 | 2.0 |
| Race | ||||||
| White | 1,480 | 1.0 | 832 | 2.0 | 509 | 2.0 |
| Black | 61 | 0.9 | 23 | 2.0 | 14 | 3.2 |
| Hispanic | 117 | 1.0 | 40 | 1.5 | 22 | 2.0 |
| Region | ||||||
| Northeast | 384 | 1.0 | 224 | 2.0 | 140 | 2.0 |
| Midwest | 537 | 0.9 | 278 | 2.0 | 168 | 1.3 |
| South | 577 | 1.0 | 285 | 2.0 | 170 | 2.5 |
| West | 288 | 1.0 | 165 | 2.0 | 102 | 2.0 |
1Table is based on variables: M2D15, M5D14, M7D14 |
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