Chapter 3. Infant Feeding

Table 3.41. Percent of mothers who would feel comfortable nursing their baby in the presence of close women friends prenatally and at various infant ages in months by selected demograpics¹^,², among mothers who intended to or breastfed their baby Infant Feeding Practices Study II
	Prenatal		Neonatal		Month 2		Month 5		Month 7
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
ALL	4,171	66.1	2,020	77.4	2,071	75.6	1,239	80.3	978	79.6
Age
18-24	1,131	63.5	374	73.5	414	76.8	152	83.6	109	78.9
25-29	1,374	67.5	719	78.3	734	74.4	456	80.5	350	78.3
30-34	1,045	66.5	582	77.1	583	75.1	395	79.5	317	80.1
35+	612	66.7	344	80.2	339	77.6	236	79.2	202	81.2
Parity
Primiparous	1,361	60.9	536	71.8	615	71.2	309	76.1	234	74.8
Multiparous	2,666	69.0	1,442	79.8	1,420	77.7	916	81.8	736	81.4
Education
HS or less	814	62.0	294	73.8	324	72.2	149	81.9	113	75.2
Some college	1,547	67.7	751	77.6	782	75.6	421	80.0	310	77.1
College graduate	1,333	68.2	852	80.4	852	77.0	632	80.2	529	82.0
Income (% of poverty)
< 185%	1,801	66.6	786	76.7	789	76.8	424	82.5	340	76.5
185- < 350%	1,456	66.5	761	78.7	764	76.0	482	80.5	382	82.5
>=350%	914	64.4	473	76.5	518	73.2	333	77.2	256	79.3
WIC Participant
No	1,604	68.8	1,313	78.7	1,342	74.8	905	79.3	728	80.4
Yes	1,013	65.4	707	75.1	729	77.1	334	82.9	250	77.2
Race
White	3,261	67.4	1,654	79.1	1,717	77.0	1,071	80.4	840	79.8
Black	240	63.3	85	71.8	74	79.7	28	92.9	26	76.9
Hispanic	304	67.4	128	71.1	133	67.7	55	78.2	44	81.8
Region
Northeast	663	65.3	336	78.6	340	76.2	213	80.8	173	76.3
Midwest	1,175	63.2	575	77.0	596	72.8	360	78.1	276	78.3
South	1,432	65.4	626	76.2	661	76.4	358	84.6	276	82.2
West	901	71.4	483	78.7	474	77.6	308	77.6	253	80.2
¹Table is based on variables: P33A, N59A, M2D3A, M5D2A, M7D2A ²Percentages shown indicates 'Somewhat comfortable' or 'Very comfortable'