Chapter 1. Prenatal Survey

Table 1.29. Percent of pregnant women who would feel each level of comfort nursing their baby in the presence of men and women who are close friends by selected demographics1, 2, among those who may breastfeed in the first few weeks

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  N Very uncomfortable
(1)		 (2) (3) (4) Very comfortable
(5)		 Total (%)
ALL 4,168 22.6 16.8 21.1 18.4 21.1 100
Age
18-24 1,132 23.8 17.4 21.6 16.6 20.7 100
25-29 1,371 21.9 16.1 21.2 18.8 22.0 100
30-34 1,045 21.0 18.4 20.0 20.3 20.4 100
35+ 611 24.7 14.4 22.3 17.5 21.1 100
Parity
Primiparous 1,360 25.3 18.5 24.3 17.2 14.7 100
Multiparous 2,664 21.1 15.6 19.7 19.1 24.5 100
Education
HS or less 813 23.7 16.6 20.9 17.1 21.6 100
Some college 1,547 21.7 16.4 21.1 18.7 22.0 100
College graduate 1,333 20.9 18.6 22.2 20.0 18.3 100
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 1,799 22.6 15.7 19.9 18.1 23.7 100
185- < 350% 1,457 20.9 16.8 21.5 19.1 21.8 100
>=350% 912 25.3 18.8 23.0 17.9 15.0 100
WIC Participant
No 2,843 22.7 18.0 22.1 18.3 18.9 100
Yes 1,317 22.3 14.0 19.1 18.7 25.9 100
Race
White 3,260 21.3 16.9 22.0 18.7 21.1 100
Black 238 23.1 16.8 20.2 15.5 24.4 100
Hispanic 304 25.0 15.8 20.1 19.1 20.1 100
Region
Northeast 662 23.0 18.4 21.9 16.2 20.5 100
Midwest 1,175 23.5 17.4 22.0 18.0 19.1 100
South 1,432 24.0 16.4 20.9 17.7 21.0 100
West 899 19.0 15.2 19.8 21.7 24.2 100

1Table is based on variables: P33B

2Those who may breastfeed include all in Table 23 except those who said that they plan to formula feed only