Chapter 3. Infant Feeding

Table 3.62. Percent of mothers who went to a medical doctor, lactation consultant, or other health professional because of injuries from a breast pump by infant age and selected demographics1, among mothers who were hurt by a pump at each age

Infant Feeding Practices Study II

  Months 0-2 Months 3-5 Months 6-7
  N % N % N %
ALL 229 11.4 73 11.0 22 0.0
Age
18-24 56 16.1 13 23.1 1 0.0
25-29 79 8.9 36 5.6 9 0.0
30-34 58 10.3 12 0.0 6 0.0
35+ 36 11.1 12 25.0 6 0.0
Parity
Primiparous 87 12.6 22 13.6 8 0.0
Multiparous 139 10.8 49 8.2 13 0.0
Education
HS or less 35 17.1 12 8.3 2 0.0
Some college 87 12.6 23 4.3 3 0.0
College graduate 100 9.0 35 11.4 15 0.0
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 87 12.6 29 17.2 8 0.0
185- < 350% 84 9.5 28 3.6 7 0.0
>=350% 58 12.1 16 12.5 7 0.0
WIC Participant
No 141 9.9 45 6.7 16 0.0
Yes 88 13.6 28 17.9 6 0.0
Race
White 194 10.8 66 7.6 20 0.0
Black 5 20.0 2 100 0 0.0
Hispanic 15 13.3 1 0.0 0 0.0
Region
Northeast 31 12.9 9 22.2 3 0.0
Midwest 77 13.0 21 9.5 5 0.0
South 77 9.1 22 4.5 6 0.0
West 44 11.4 21 14.3 8 0.0

1Table is based on variables: M2D26, M5D25, M7D25