Chapter 7. Employment and Day Care

Table 7.14. Percent of babies usually cared for at various settings by infant age1, among babies who were cared for by someone other than their mother during the past 4 weeks

Infant Feeding Practices Study II

  Month 3 Month 6 Month 9 Month 12
Baby's home with no other children 27.8 22.3 22.2 21.9
Baby's home with other children or baby's brothers or sisters 33.9 33.0 30.4 30.7
Other private home with no other children 18.0 19.1 20.9 23.9
Other private home with other children or baby's brothers or sisters 34.1 15.0 16.0 16.6
Day care or child care 15.4 36.6 33.5 32.0
Other 1.7 1.7 2.4 1.4
N 824 866 850 809

1Table is based on variables: M3H18A-F, M6H24A-F, M9H25A-F, MWH24A-F

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