Chapter 3. Infant Feeding

Table 3.101. Percent of mothers who cleaned their hands in each way before preparing formula and at each frequency in the past 2 weeks by infant age1, among formula feeding mothers

Infant Feeding Practices Study II
  N Never Some of
the time		 Most of
the time		 All of
the time		 Total
(%)
Prepared formula without cleaning my hands Month 2 1,427 71.6 22.3 3.8 2.3 100
  Month 5 1,343 70.7 22.9 4.0 2.4 100
  Month 7 1,307 66.9 26.6 4.4 2.1 100
  Month 9 1,294 68.1 26.2 3.9 1.8 100
Rinsed my hands with water Month 2 1,433 60.4 29.8 6.7 3.1 100
  Month 5 1,338 58.7 31.1 7.6 2.6 100
  Month 7 1,300 51.2 37.8 8.4 2.7 100
  Month 9 1,305 49.0 39.5 8.7 2.8 100
Used hand sanitizer (such as gel or wipes) Month 2 1,452 49.4 28.9 11.4 10.3 100
  Month 5 1,354 53.8 28.4 10.8 7.0 100
  Month 7 1,307 55.5 30.3 8.0 6.1 100
  Month 9 1,299 53.9 31.4 8.6 6.1 100
Washed with soap Month 2 1,504 5.3 16.5 33.4 44.9 100
  Month 5 1,400 5.9 17.4 34.6 42.1 100
  Month 7 1,366 4.0 22.0 34.3 39.7 100
  Month 9 1,355 5.2 22.1 35.8 36.9 100
Wiped my hands only Month 2 1,421 80.7 16.5 1.6 1.1 100
  Month 5 1,329 79.3 18.2 1.5 1.0 100
  Month 7 1,279 75.0 21.7 2.2 1.1 100
  Month 9 1,285 72.4 24.4 1.9 1.2 100

1Table is based on variables: M2E22A-E, M5E8A-E, M7E6A-E, M9E5A-E