Chapter 1. Prenatal Survey

Table 1.17. Percent of pregnant women who think their current place of employment has each level of breastfeeding support by selected demographics1, among those who work for pay at any time from the 3 months before they became pregnant up to prenatal survey

Infant Feeding Practices Study II
  N Not at all
supportive		 Not too
supportive		 Somewhat
supportive		 Very
supportive		 Total (%)
ALL 2,356 12.0 13.2 37.1 37.6 100
Age
18-24 565 16.3 14.0 37.5 32.2 100
25-29 762 12.1 11.8 35.4 40.7 100
30-34 639 8.8 13.6 38.3 39.3 100
35+ 387 10.6 14.5 37.7 37.2 100
Parity
Primiparous 925 11.5 13.5 40.6 34.4 100
Multiparous 1,359 12.4 13.1 34.3 40.2 100
Education
HS or less 360 17.2 13.1 36.9 32.8 100
Some college 823 10.6 14.0 34.1 41.3 100
College graduate 880 7.6 13.6 40.3 38.4 100
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 796 15.1 13.2 35.3 36.4 100
185- < 350% 886 10.6 13.0 36.3 40.1 100
>=350% 674 10.1 13.6 40.4 35.9 100
WIC Participant
No 1,794 10.6 13.3 38.1 38.1 100
Yes 559 16.5 13.2 34.2 36.1 100
Race
White 1,886 10.6 13.8 37.8 37.9 100
Black 146 24.7 10.3 34.2 30.8 100
Hispanic 147 15.0 8.2 38.1 38.8 100
Region
Northeast 431 13.5 13.7 37.6 35.3 100
Midwest 742 11.2 14.2 39.9 34.8 100
South 759 14.0 12.6 36.0 37.4 100
West 424 8.3 12.3 34.0 45.5 100

1Table is based on variables: P22