Chapter 1. Prenatal Survey

Table 1.24. Percent of pregnant women planning to first feed their baby formula or any other foods besides breast milk at each infant age by selected demographics1, among those who plan to breastfeed in the first few weeks

Infant Feeding Practices Study II
  N < 1
month		 1-2
months		 3-4
months		 5-6
months		 7-9
months		 >9
months		 Total (%)
ALL 3,976 31.1 8.4 19.9 27.5 8.3 4.8 100
Age
18-24 1,063 36.9 9.7 19.8 23.5 6.1 4.0 100
25-29 1,325 27.5 7.3 19.7 31.2 9.2 5.0 100
30-34 997 29.1 9.0 20.0 27.6 8.7 5.6 100
35+ 582 31.8 7.2 20.6 26.5 9.5 4.5 100
Parity
Primiparous 1,285 24.9 8.3 19.9 30.1 11.8 5.0 100
Multiparous 2,555 33.9 8.4 20.0 26.5 6.6 4.5 100
Education
HS or less 756 39.0 8.1 21.6 21.8 5.6 4.0 100
Some college 1,481 30.9 9.2 19.9 27.0 8.4 4.6 100
College graduate 1,284 22.2 7.7 20.5 33.6 10.9 5.1 100
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 1,699 36.6 7.7 18.5 25.7 6.4 5.2 100
185- < 350% 1,393 28.1 9.3 21.2 28.6 8.5 4.1 100
>=350% 884 25.5 8.3 20.7 29.2 11.4 5.0 100
WIC Participant
No 2,731 27.5 8.3 20.7 29.2 9.6 4.8 100
Yes 1,237 39.0 8.6 18.5 23.8 5.2 4.9 100
Race
White 3,113 28.5 8.9 20.9 28.7 8.5 4.5 100
Black 229 48.9 4.4 13.1 21.0 9.2 3.5 100
Hispanic 288 42.7 5.9 19.4 21.2 5.9 4.9 100
Region
Northeast 629 34.0 9.1 18.9 26.7 7.3 4.0 100
Midwest 1,119 32.3 9.1 20.8 26.1 7.2 4.5 100
South 1,354 33.5 8.1 19.4 26.2 8.6 4.3 100
West 874 24.0 7.4 20.4 31.8 9.8 6.5 100

1Table is based on variables: P28, P29