Chapter 7. Employment and Day Care

Table 7.13. Percent of babies kept by each specific other person during the past 4 weeks by infant age1,2, among babies who were cared for by someone other than their mother during these periods

Infant Feeding Practices Study II

  Month 3 Month 6 Month 9 Month 12
Baby's father 44.2 38.6 35.6 36.0
Baby's grandparent(s) 45.6 40.7 39.5 38.9
Other family member 14.4 12.2 12.7 11.7
Someone not in baby's family 37.2 42.4 46.2 48.8
N 826 868 851 809

1Table is based on variables: M3H17A-D, M6H23A-D, M9H24A-D, MWH23A-D

2Column percentages do not add up to 100% because mothers could choose all that apply