Chapter 3. Infant Feeding |
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Table 3.45. Percent of mothers who felt confident that they would be able to breastfeed until the baby's age they desired prenatally and at various infant ages in months by selected demographics1,2, among mothers who intended to or breastfed their baby Infant Feeding Practices Study II |
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| Prenatal | Neonatal | Month 2 | Month 5 | Month 7 | ||||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| ALL | 3,759 | 67.2 | 2,100 | 75.2 | 1,525 | 86.0 | 1,127 | 88.6 | 852 | 92.5 |
| Age | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 1,006 | 64.1 | 399 | 71.7 | 229 | 84.3 | 131 | 80.9 | 91 | 92.3 |
| 25-29 | 1,249 | 67.5 | 748 | 77.4 | 562 | 86.7 | 414 | 88.9 | 304 | 94.4 |
| 30-34 | 950 | 68.1 | 604 | 74.7 | 462 | 86.1 | 366 | 89.3 | 278 | 91.4 |
| 35+ | 545 | 70.5 | 348 | 75.3 | 272 | 85.7 | 216 | 91.7 | 179 | 91.1 |
| Parity | ||||||||||
| Primiparous | 1,220 | 61.2 | 580 | 62.9 | 408 | 80.4 | 273 | 85.3 | 208 | 88.0 |
| Multiparous | 2,413 | 70.6 | 1,476 | 80.1 | 1,095 | 88.1 | 844 | 89.7 | 639 | 93.9 |
| Education | ||||||||||
| HS or less | 698 | 64.5 | 306 | 74.5 | 196 | 85.2 | 135 | 89.6 | 94 | 93.6 |
| Some college | 1,415 | 67.9 | 783 | 75.0 | 555 | 86.7 | 375 | 86.4 | 265 | 93.6 |
| College graduate | 1,223 | 70.0 | 881 | 76.2 | 709 | 86.0 | 585 | 89.9 | 473 | 92.4 |
| Income (% of poverty) | ||||||||||
| < 185% | 1,599 | 67.2 | 805 | 77.4 | 539 | 88.3 | 392 | 89.0 | 294 | 94.2 |
| 185- < 350% | 1,316 | 69.2 | 783 | 77.1 | 589 | 86.8 | 443 | 88.5 | 341 | 93.5 |
| >=350% | 844 | 63.9 | 512 | 68.8 | 397 | 81.6 | 292 | 88.4 | 217 | 88.5 |
| WIC Participant | ||||||||||
| No | 1,483 | 70.0 | 1,370 | 76.3 | 1,062 | 86.3 | 824 | 88.8 | 636 | 92.0 |
| Yes | 894 | 66.8 | 730 | 73.2 | 463 | 85.3 | 303 | 88.1 | 216 | 94.0 |
| Race | ||||||||||
| White | 2,948 | 67.6 | 1,712 | 75.5 | 1,285 | 86.5 | 977 | 89.2 | 739 | 93.5 |
| Black | 216 | 63.4 | 88 | 80.7 | 47 | 85.1 | 24 | 95.8 | 18 | 83.3 |
| Hispanic | 269 | 65.4 | 136 | 73.5 | 92 | 85.9 | 49 | 87.8 | 37 | 91.9 |
| Region | ||||||||||
| Northeast | 599 | 69.9 | 347 | 75.5 | 256 | 83.6 | 198 | 89.9 | 158 | 93.7 |
| Midwest | 1,056 | 65.7 | 599 | 74.1 | 437 | 86.5 | 328 | 88.4 | 241 | 94.2 |
| South | 1,271 | 65.5 | 661 | 75.0 | 447 | 86.1 | 318 | 88.1 | 231 | 90.5 |
| West | 833 | 69.6 | 493 | 76.5 | 385 | 86.8 | 283 | 88.7 | 222 | 91.9 |
1Table is based on
variables: P32, N63, M2D6, M5D5, M7D5 |
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