Chapter 3. Infant Feeding |
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Table 3.77. Percent of the following items that were boiled, sterilized in a microwave kit, sterilized with a chemical dip, or washed in a dishwasher with each frequency in the past two weeks by infant age1, among mothers who pumped milk at each age Infant Feeding Practices Study II |
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| N | After each use | Once a day | Every 2 to 6 days |
About once a week |
About once 2 weeks |
Never | Items are disposable |
Total (%) | ||
| Container used to store the milk | Month 2 | 1,119 | 35.7 | 7.0 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 24.8 | 16.3 | 100 |
| Month 5 | 696 | 35.3 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 24.4 | 15.2 | 100 | |
| Month 7 | 450 | 38.7 | 8.0 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 8.0 | 24.9 | 11.3 | 100 | |
| Pump collection kit, including container used to collect the milk | Month 2 | 1,126 | 34.6 | 8.3 | 9.9 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 31.2 | 1.0 | 100 |
| Month 5 | 693 | 31.7 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 10.0 | 31.0 | 0.7 | 100 | |
| Month 7 | 447 | 36.5 | 8.5 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 10.7 | 30.6 | 0.4 | 100 | |
1Table is based on variables: M2D41A-B, M5D41A-B, M7D41A-B |
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