Chapter 3. Infant Feeding

Table 3.59. Percent of mothers hurt by any breast pumps by infant age and selected demographics1, among mothers who used a pump at each age

Infant Feeding Practices Study II

  Months 0-2 Months 3-5 Months 6-7
  N Yes No Total (%) N Yes No Total (%) N Yes No Total (%)
ALL 1,733 13.6 86.4 100 939 8.1 91.9 100 575 4.5 95.5 100
Age
18-24 343 16.6 83.4 100 108 13.0 87.0 100 59 1.7 98.3 100
25-29 627 12.8 87.2 100 358 10.3 89.7 100 206 4.4 95.6 100
30-34 478 12.8 87.2 100 297 4.0 96.0 100 193 4.7 95.3 100
35+ 284 13.4 86.6 100 176 7.4 92.6 100 117 6.0 94.0 100
Parity
Primiparous 568 15.5 84.5 100 269 8.9 91.1 100 178 5.1 94.9 100
Multiparous 1,134 12.8 87.2 100 659 7.6 92.4 100 389 4.1 95.9 100
Education
HS or less 263 13.3 86.7 100 94 12.8 87.2 100 49 4.1 95.9 100
Some college 642 14.0 86.0 100 309 8.1 91.9 100 166 3.0 97.0 100
College graduate 733 14.2 85.8 100 510 7.1 92.9 100 348 4.9 95.1 100
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 612 14.9 85.1 100 287 10.5 89.5 100 153 5.2 94.8 100
185- < 350% 640 13.3 86.7 100 366 7.9 92.1 100 233 3.9 96.1 100
>=350% 481 12.5 87.5 100 286 5.9 94.1 100 189 4.8 95.2 100
WIC Participant
No 1,149 12.5 87.5 100 709 6.5 93.5 100 460 4.1 95.9 100
Yes 584 15.8 84.2 100 230 13.0 87.0 100 115 6.1 93.9 100
Race
White 1,443 13.9 86.1 100 820 8.3 91.7 100 508 4.1 95.9 100
Black 56 8.9 91.1 100 22 9.1 90.9 100 14 0.0 100.0 100
Hispanic 112 13.4 86.6 100 41 2.4 97.6 100 21 4.8 95.2 100
Region
Northeast 276 12.0 88.0 100 166 5.4 94.6 100 100 4.0 96.0 100
Midwest 525 15.0 85.0 100 276 8.0 92.0 100 169 4.1 95.9 100
South 562 14.1 85.9 100 277 8.3 91.7 100 168 3.6 96.4 100
West 370 12.2 87.8 100 220 10.0 90.0 100 138 6.5 93.5 100

1Table is based on variable: M2D23, M5D22, M7D22