Chapter 7. Employment and Day Care |
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Table 7.16. Median hours on an average day that babies were with their regular child care provider by infant age and selected demographics1, among babies who were cared for by someone other than their mother during these periods Infant Feeding Practices Study II |
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| Month 3 | Month 6 | Month 9 | Month 12 | |||||
| N | Median | N | Median | N | Median | N | Median | |
| ALL | 825 | 8.0 | 868 | 8.0 | 851 | 8.0 | 811 | 8.0 |
| Age | ||||||||
| 18-24 | 178 | 7.0 | 160 | 8.0 | 160 | 8.0 | 141 | 8.0 |
| 25-29 | 276 | 8.0 | 277 | 8.0 | 262 | 8.0 | 248 | 8.0 |
| 30-34 | 231 | 8.0 | 261 | 8.0 | 258 | 8.0 | 246 | 8.0 |
| 35+ | 139 | 8.0 | 169 | 8.0 | 170 | 8.0 | 175 | 8.0 |
| Parity | ||||||||
| Primiparous | 310 | 8.0 | 319 | 8.0 | 304 | 8.0 | 302 | 8.0 |
| Multiparous | 490 | 8.0 | 526 | 8.0 | 527 | 8.0 | 490 | 8.0 |
| Education | ||||||||
| HS or less | 126 | 7.0 | 141 | 7.0 | 125 | 8.0 | 112 | 8.0 |
| Some college | 287 | 8.0 | 267 | 8.0 | 268 | 8.0 | 248 | 8.0 |
| College graduate | 342 | 8.0 | 403 | 8.0 | 406 | 8.0 | 401 | 8.0 |
| Income (% of poverty) | ||||||||
| < 185% | 281 | 8.0 | 281 | 8.0 | 266 | 8.0 | 232 | 8.0 |
| 185- < 350% | 300 | 8.0 | 301 | 8.0 | 308 | 8.0 | 296 | 8.0 |
| >=350% | 244 | 8.0 | 286 | 9.0 | 277 | 8.0 | 283 | 8.0 |
| WIC Participant | ||||||||
| No | 524 | 8.0 | 578 | 8.0 | 572 | 8.0 | 559 | 8.0 |
| Yes | 301 | 8.0 | 290 | 8.0 | 279 | 8.0 | 252 | 8.0 |
| Race | ||||||||
| White | 671 | 8.0 | 703 | 8.0 | 699 | 8.0 | 682 | 8.0 |
| Black | 44 | 8.0 | 41 | 8.0 | 41 | 8.0 | 40 | 8.0 |
| Hispanic | 48 | 8.0 | 54 | 8.0 | 49 | 9.0 | 40 | 8.0 |
| Region | ||||||||
| Northeast | 130 | 8.0 | 137 | 8.0 | 131 | 8.0 | 129 | 8.0 |
| Midwest | 295 | 8.0 | 295 | 8.0 | 288 | 8.0 | 284 | 8.0 |
| South | 266 | 8.0 | 262 | 8.0 | 267 | 8.0 | 235 | 8.0 |
| West | 134 | 8.0 | 174 | 8.0 | 165 | 8.0 | 163 | 8.0 |
1Table is based on variables: M3H20, M6H26, M9H27, MWH26 |
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