Chapter 7. Employment and Day Care

Table 7.12. Percent of mothers whose babies were cared for by someone other than their mother on a regular schedule during the past 4 weeks by infant age and selected demographics1

Infant Feeding Practices Study II
  Month 3 Month 6 Month 9 Month 12
  N Yes No Total(%) N Yes No Total(%) N Yes No Total(%) N Yes No Total(%)
ALL 2,388 34.6 65.4 100 2,095 41.4 58.6 100 1,944 43.8 56.2 100 1,806 44.9 55.1 100
Age
18-24 491 36.5 63.5 100 393 40.7 59.3 100 336 47.6 52.4 100 294 47.6 52.4 100
25-29 803 34.4 65.6 100 702 39.5 60.5 100 650 40.3 59.7 100 609 40.7 59.3 100
30-34 681 33.9 66.1 100 630 41.4 58.6 100 597 43.2 56.8 100 548 44.9 55.1 100
35+ 411 33.8 66.2 100 368 45.9 54.1 100 359 47.4 52.6 100 354 49.4 50.6 100
Parity
Primiparous 677 45.8 54.2 100 593 53.8 46.2 100 543 56.0 44.0 100 512 59.0 41.0 100
Multiparous 1,659 29.6 70.4 100 1,465 35.9 64.1 100 1,369 38.5 61.5 100 1,262 38.7 61.3 100
Education
HS or less 430 29.5 70.5 100 385 36.6 63.4 100 335 37.3 62.7 100 300 37.0 63.0 100
Some college 862 33.3 66.7 100 734 36.4 63.6 100 679 39.5 60.5 100 612 40.5 59.5 100
College graduate 942 36.3 63.7 100 861 46.8 53.2 100 834 48.7 51.3 100 796 50.4 49.6 100
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 959 29.4 70.6 100 824 34.1 65.9 100 735 36.2 63.8 100 659 35.1 64.9 100
185- < 350% 850 35.3 64.7 100 753 40.0 60.0 100 706 43.6 56.4 100 672 44.0 56.0 100
>=350% 579 42.1 57.9 100 518 55.2 44.8 100 503 55.1 44.9 100 475 59.6 40.4 100
WIC Participant
No 1,483 35.3 64.7 100 1,326 43.6 56.4 100 1,259 45.4 54.6 100 1,189 47.0 53.0 100
Yes 905 33.4 66.6 100 769 37.7 62.3 100 685 40.7 59.3 100 617 40.7 59.3 100
Race
White 1,991 33.8 66.2 100 1,764 39.9 60.1 100 1,644 42.5 57.5 100 1,526 44.6 55.4 100
Black 99 44.4 55.6 100 68 60.3 39.7 100 64 64.1 35.9 100 61 65.6 34.4 100
Hispanic 132 36.4 63.6 100 113 47.8 52.2 100 107 45.8 54.2 100 98 40.8 59.2 100
Region
Northeast 425 31.5 68.5 100 400 43.5 56.5 100 370 44.6 55.4 100 350 46.6 53.4 100
Midwest 732 40.4 59.6 100 640 46.1 53.9 100 592 48.6 51.4 100 568 50.0 50.0 100
South 751 35.4 64.6 100 639 41.0 59.0 100 591 45.2 54.8 100 536 43.8 56.2 100
West 480 27.1 72.9 100 416 32.9 67.1 100 391 33.5 66.5 100 352 36.4 63.6 100

1Table is based on variables: M3H16, M6H22, M9H24, MWH23