Chapter 4. Infant Health

Table 4.13. Percent of babies who had a reaction the first time when they ate the food by infant age and selected demographics1, among babies who had problems caused by food during these periods

Infant Feeding Practices Study II
  Month 0-4 Month 5-92 Month 10-122
  N Yes No Don't know
Not sure		 Total(%) N Yes No Don't know
Not sure		 Total(%) N Yes No Don't know
Not sure		 Total(%)
ALL 245 31.4 40.4 28.2 100 153 64.7 15.7 19.6 100 132 61.4 17.4 21.2 100
Age
18-24 54 35.2 37.0 27.8 100 26 57.7 15.4 26.9 100 14 64.3 21.4 14.3 100
25-29 79 34.2 41.8 24.1 100 55 67.3 14.5 18.2 100 53 58.5 20.8 20.8 100
30-34 71 23.9 40.8 35.2 100 44 59.1 20.5 20.5 100 37 64.9 8.1 27.0 100
35+ 41 34.1 41.5 24.4 100 28 75.0 10.7 14.3 100 28 60.7 21.4 17.9 100
Parity
Primiparous 88 30.7 39.8 29.5 100 48 66.7 12.5 20.8 100 45 68.9 20.0 11.1 100
Multiparous 153 32.0 39.9 28.1 100 104 64.4 17.3 18.3 100 83 60.2 15.7 24.1 100
Education
HS or less 38 39.5 42.1 18.4 100 17 64.7 11.8 23.5 100 21 61.9 19.0 19.0 100
Some college 85 25.9 49.4 24.7 100 53 60.4 15.1 24.5 100 37 59.5 21.6 18.9 100
College graduate 100 32.0 33.0 35.0 100 75 68.0 16.0 16.0 100 65 61.5 13.8 24.6 100
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 96 35.4 43.8 20.8 100 50 56.0 10.0 34.0 100 45 62.2 20.0 17.8 100
185- < 350% 84 31.0 33.3 35.7 100 64 68.8 20.3 10.9 100 50 58.0 18.0 24.0 100
>=350% 65 26.2 44.6 29.2 100 39 69.2 15.4 15.4 100 37 64.9 13.5 21.6 100
WIC Participant
No 148 27.7 39.9 32.4 100 99 65.7 19.2 15.2 100 93 62.4 16.1 21.5 100
Yes 97 37.1 41.2 21.6 100 54 63.0 9.3 27.8 100 39 59.0 20.5 20.5 100
Race
White 212 33.0 39.6 27.4 100 129 65.9 14.7 19.4 100 101 56.4 19.8 23.8 100
Black 10 40.0 30.0 30.0 100 6 33.3 16.7 50.0 100 5 80.0 0.0 20.0 100
Hispanic 7 0.0 57.1 42.9 100 8 100.0 0.0 0.0 100 13 76.9 7.7 15.4 100
Region
Northeast 42 35.7 40.5 23.8 100 33 69.7 9.1 21.2 100 25 60.0 12.0 28.0 100
Midwest 73 35.6 39.7 24.7 100 42 71.4 16.7 11.9 100 29 65.5 20.7 13.8 100
South 84 28.6 45.2 26.2 100 41 63.4 14.6 22.0 100 40 57.5 20.0 22.5 100
West 46 26.1 32.6 41.3 100 37 54.1 21.6 24.3 100 38 63.2 15.8 21.1 100

1Table is based on variables: M4C2, M9C4, MWC4

2Month 9 and 12 questionnaires asked about the new reaction since previous survey