Chapter 7. Employment and Day Care

Table 7.3. Percent of mothers who worked for pay any time during the past 4 weeks by infant age1

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 2,371 40.3 59.7 100 2,089 47.2 52.8 100 1,932 50.1 49.9 100 1,794 51.6 48.4 100
Age
18-24 489 37.0 63.0 100 390 42.6 57.4 100 332 50.6 49.4 100 292 49.7 50.3 100
25-29 793 40.7 59.3 100 702 46.0 54.0 100 649 46.8 53.2 100 605 48.4 51.6 100
30-34 678 39.4 60.6 100 628 47.5 52.5 100 591 49.6 50.4 100 544 51.7 48.3 100
35+ 409 45.0 55.0 100 367 53.7 46.3 100 358 56.1 43.9 100 352 58.5 41.5 100
Parity
Primiparous 673 48.0 52.0 100 591 57.0 43.0 100 541 62.7 37.3 100 508 63.8 36.2 100
Multiparous 1,648 37.0 63.0 100 1,461 42.8 57.2 100 1,359 44.7 55.3 100 1,254 46.4 53.6 100
Education
HS or less 426 32.6 67.4 100 385 36.4 63.6 100 332 39.8 60.2 100 298 40.6 59.4 100
Some college 858 38.8 61.2 100 730 44.8 55.2 100 674 46.7 53.3 100 607 47.9 52.1 100
College graduate 935 45.1 54.9 100 861 54.0 46.0 100 831 56.4 43.6 100 794 58.1 41.9 100
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 952 32.5 67.5 100 821 37.8 62.2 100 733 40.1 59.9 100 652 41.1 58.9 100
185- < 350% 844 42.1 57.9 100 751 46.7 53.3 100 698 50.1 49.9 100 667 51.3 48.7 100
>=350% 575 50.8 49.2 100 517 62.7 37.3 100 501 64.5 35.5 100 475 66.5 33.5 100
WIC Participant
No 1,473 43.0 57.0 100 1,325 51.2 48.8 100 1,251 53.9 46.1 100 1,187 55.0 45.0 100
Yes 898 35.9 64.1 100 764 40.2 59.8 100 681 43.0 57.0 100 607 45.0 55.0 100
Race
White 1,978 40.5 59.5 100 1,760 47.1 52.9 100 1,635 50.0 50.0 100 1,516 51.7 48.3 100
Black 99 45.5 54.5 100 67 62.7 37.3 100 64 64.1 35.9 100 60 63.3 36.7 100
Hispanic 129 34.9 65.1 100 112 41.1 58.9 100 106 44.3 55.7 100 98 46.9 53.1 100
Region
Northeast 421 36.3 63.7 100 400 50.3 49.8 100 366 50.3 49.7 100 346 55.2 44.8 100
Midwest 727 47.6 52.4 100 637 51.8 48.2 100 589 56.0 44.0 100 563 56.0 44.0 100
South 746 39.3 60.7 100 637 43.8 56.2 100 590 48.0 52.0 100 534 47.8 52.2 100
West 477 34.4 65.6 100 415 42.2 57.8 100 387 43.9 56.1 100 351 47.0 53.0 100

1Table is based on variables: M3H6, M6H13, M9H13, MWH13