Chapter 3. Infant Feeding

Table 3.82. Percent of mothers whose babies were fed infant formula in the past two weeks by infant age and selected demographics1

Infant Feeding Practices Study II

  Month 2 Month 5 Month 7 Month 9
  N % N % N % N %
ALL 2,547 61.5 2,173 66.5 2,015 70.2 1,939 71.7
Age
18-24 545 76.5 396 80.1 365 80.8 336 81.3
25-29 861 55.7 741 61.0 664 64.0 648 66.2
30-34 722 57.9 649 65.0 615 70.1 594 72.4
35+ 418 59.8 385 65.7 370 70.8 359 71.6
Parity
Primiparous 727 66.4 611 73.6 565 75.0 543 77.5
Multiparous 1,769 59.0 1,522 63.1 1,411 67.7 1,364 69.1
Education
HS or less 472 75.6 385 77.1 356 81.2 334 80.5
Some college 936 64.1 763 68.7 695 71.4 676 73.4
College graduate 970 48.5 902 57.3 855 62.7 833 65.7
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 1,035 66.2 836 68.3 766 71.3 733 72.0
185- < 350% 911 58.5 793 64.1 735 68.2 703 69.3
>=350% 601 57.9 544 67.5 514 71.4 503 74.8
WIC Participant
No 1,563 53.6 1,380 60.5 1,309 66.2 1,256 68.2
Yes 984 74.1 793 77.0 706 77.5 683 78.3
Race
White 2,121 60.0 1,831 64.6 1,700 68.8 1,639 70.5
Black 102 73.5 78 87.2 74 86.5 64 85.9
Hispanic 149 67.8 112 77.7 107 80.4 107 79.4
Region
Northeast 454 67.0 398 70.1 372 71.8 369 71.3
Midwest 765 61.6 665 66.8 626 71.6 590 72.7
South 806 66.0 675 72.1 614 74.3 591 76.6
West 522 49.6 435 54.3 403 60.3 389 63.2

1Table is based on variables: M2E2, M5E1, M7E1, M9E1