Chapter 1. Prenatal Survey

Table 1.40. Percent of pregnant women who stopped breastfeeding their other baby in each age category by selected demographics1, 2

Infant Feeding Practices Study II
  N < 1
month		 1 to 2
months		 3 to 4
months		 5 to 6
months		 7 to 9
months		 10 to 12
months		 > 12
months		 No
previous babies		 Never breastfed
a baby		 Total (%)
ALL 4,674 7.1 8.1 7.1 6.7 6.3 8.6 11.1 32.5 12.4 100
Age
18-24 1,266 8.0 8.0 5.9 4.1 2.8 3.2 3.3 52.8 11.8 100
25-29 1,521 6.2 8.4 7.5 7.4 6.8 9.0 12.0 30.6 12.1 100
30-34 1,178 7.9 8.0 7.2 7.0 8.4 13.0 14.3 20.8 13.5 100
35+ 698 6.4 7.7 8.3 9.7 8.2 10.0 17.9 19.9 11.7 100
Parity
Primiparous 1,520 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 100
Multiparous 3,154 10.6 12.0 10.6 10.0 9.4 12.7 16.5 0.0 18.3 100
Education
HS or less 998 9.3 7.7 8.5 6.4 4.9 6.1 5.8 30.5 20.7 100
Some college 1,695 7.7 9.6 8.0 7.8 6.3 8.7 10.3 29.4 12.2 100
College graduate 1,426 4.8 6.9 6.0 6.3 8.4 12.2 17.7 32.0 5.7 100
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 2,082 8.3 8.7 8.3 7.4 5.7 7.7 11.1 26.8 16.0 100
185- < 350% 1,619 7.4 8.2 7.2 6.7 7.8 10.2 13.3 27.7 11.6 100
>=350% 973 4.3 6.4 4.7 5.3 5.2 7.7 7.5 52.9 5.9 100
WIC Participant
No 3,148 6.5 7.7 6.9 7.0 6.8 9.9 12.3 32.7 10.2 100
Yes 1,518 8.4 8.7 7.7 6.2 5.3 5.8 8.8 32.2 16.9 100
Race
White 3,709 7.4 8.3 6.9 6.5 6.4 9.0 11.8 31.3 12.4 100
Black 276 6.5 6.9 6.5 8.0 4.3 5.1 6.2 39.1 17.4 100
Hispanic 316 6.0 8.5 13.0 8.2 6.3 8.2 7.3 32.3 10.1 100
Region
Northeast 785 6.8 5.5 6.8 7.4 6.6 8.2 11.1 32.9 14.9 100
Midwest 1,349 7.5 8.3 8.3 6.5 5.7 8.3 10.0 30.9 14.5 100
South 1,611 7.9 10.1 6.3 6.6 5.0 7.8 9.4 34.1 12.8 100
West 929 5.7 6.4 7.3 6.6 9.4 10.8 15.7 31.9 6.4 100

1Table is based on variables: P41_1, P43, P44

2Mother answered for the youngest one if she has more than one baby