Chapter 3. Infant Feeding

Table 3.6. Percent of babies who were usually fed any milks, meals and snacks at each number of times in a 24 hour period in the past 7 days by infant age1

Infant Feeding Practices Study II
Infant age in months N 1 to 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 or more Total (%)
6 2,094 0.0 0.6 4.9 13.4 22.5 22.4 36.1 100
7 2,016 0.0 1.0 6.2 14.2 18.7 22.6 37.3 100
9 1,942 0.1 1.2 6.7 13.2 21.9 22.0 35.0 100
10 1,804 0.2 1.1 8.1 15.1 22.6 21.6 31.3 100
12 1,798 0.1 2.2 12.1 24.1 24.4 17.4 19.9 100

1Table is based on variables: M6A2, M7A2, M9A2, MXA2, MWA2