Chapter 2. Neonatal Survey

Table 2.22. Percent of mothers who breastfed their baby for the first time in each time period after their delivery by selected demographics 1

Infant Feeding Practices Study II
  N Less than
30 minutes		 30 to 60
minutes		 1 to 2
hours		 3 to 6
hours		 7 to 12
hours		 13 to 24
hours		 1 day 2 days More than
2 days		 Never
breastfed		 Total (%)
ALL 3,005 26.3 21.9 14.8 11.2 2.7 1.1 1.5 1.1 4.0 15.3 100
Age
18-24 693 22.1 19.5 15.9 9.5 4.0 1.0 1.4 1.9 5.5 19.2 100
25-29 1,009 28.2 23.3 14.9 11.2 2.7 1.0 1.6 0.8 4.3 12.1 100
30-34 831 28.3 21.7 14.6 10.8 2.2 1.2 1.2 1.0 2.5 16.6 100
35+ 467 24.8 23.1 13.9 14.6 1.9 1.3 1.9 0.9 3.2 14.3 100
Parity
Primiparous 849 19.1 22.4 17.3 16.8 4.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 4.8 11.9 100
Multiparous 2,077 29.5 22.0 13.6 8.9 2.1 1.0 1.5 1.2 3.6 16.6 100
Education
HS or less 574 23.9 15.3 13.1 8.5 2.6 0.7 3.0 1.7 5.7 25.4 100
Some college 1,117 26.2 22.7 16.6 11.5 2.3 1.3 1.0 1.1 4.2 13.1 100
College graduate 1,070 30.2 25.7 14.4 12.4 2.6 1.2 1.0 0.7 2.1 9.7 100
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 1,260 25.6 19.6 14.5 9.2 3.1 0.7 1.8 1.8 4.8 18.9 100
185- < 350% 1,074 27.5 23.7 15.7 9.3 2.1 1.7 1.4 0.8 3.7 14.0 100
>=350% 671 25.8 23.2 14.0 18.0 3.0 0.9 1.0 0.3 2.8 10.9 100
WIC Participant
No 2,100 27.0 24.1 15.5 12.1 2.5 1.0 1.2 0.8 3.5 12.4 100
Yes 900 24.7 16.9 13.4 9.0 3.3 1.4 2.1 1.9 5.1 22.1 100
Race
White 2,466 27.0 22.6 14.9 10.8 2.3 0.9 0.9 0.9 3.5 16.2 100
Black 140 18.6 9.3 15.0 17.9 5.7 3.6 4.3 3.6 5.0 17.1 100
Hispanic 182 28.0 20.3 15.4 9.3 3.8 2.7 5.5 1.6 4.4 8.8 100
Region
Northeast 520 25.4 18.5 11.0 12.5 4.4 1.3 1.3 1.7 3.3 20.6 100
Midwest 904 25.0 22.1 16.4 9.7 1.7 1.0 1.3 1.0 4.0 17.8 100
South 980 24.9 20.4 14.7 12.1 3.5 1.1 1.7 1.2 4.6 15.7 100
West 601 31.3 27.0 16.1 10.8 1.7 1.0 1.5 0.7 3.5 6.5 100

1Table is based on variables: N18, N20