Chapter 7. Employment and Day Care

Table 7.16. Median hours on an average day that babies were with their regular child care provider by infant age and selected demographics1, among babies who were cared for by someone other than their mother during these periods

Infant Feeding Practices Study II

  Month 3 Month 6 Month 9 Month 12
  N Median N Median N Median N Median
ALL 825 8.0 868 8.0 851 8.0 811 8.0
Age
18-24 178 7.0 160 8.0 160 8.0 141 8.0
25-29 276 8.0 277 8.0 262 8.0 248 8.0
30-34 231 8.0 261 8.0 258 8.0 246 8.0
35+ 139 8.0 169 8.0 170 8.0 175 8.0
Parity
Primiparous 310 8.0 319 8.0 304 8.0 302 8.0
Multiparous 490 8.0 526 8.0 527 8.0 490 8.0
Education
HS or less 126 7.0 141 7.0 125 8.0 112 8.0
Some college 287 8.0 267 8.0 268 8.0 248 8.0
College graduate 342 8.0 403 8.0 406 8.0 401 8.0
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 281 8.0 281 8.0 266 8.0 232 8.0
185- < 350% 300 8.0 301 8.0 308 8.0 296 8.0
>=350% 244 8.0 286 9.0 277 8.0 283 8.0
WIC Participant
No 524 8.0 578 8.0 572 8.0 559 8.0
Yes 301 8.0 290 8.0 279 8.0 252 8.0
Race
White 671 8.0 703 8.0 699 8.0 682 8.0
Black 44 8.0 41 8.0 41 8.0 40 8.0
Hispanic 48 8.0 54 8.0 49 9.0 40 8.0
Region
Northeast 130 8.0 137 8.0 131 8.0 129 8.0
Midwest 295 8.0 295 8.0 288 8.0 284 8.0
South 266 8.0 262 8.0 267 8.0 235 8.0
West 134 8.0 174 8.0 165 8.0 163 8.0

1Table is based on variables: M3H20, M6H26, M9H27, MWH26