Chapter 2. Neonatal Survey

Table 2.27. Percent of babies who stayed in their mother's room day and night while they were in the hospital or birth center except for doctor visits, bathing, or other treatments by selected demographics1, among babies who were ever breastfed

Infant Feeding Practices Study II
  N Yes
all the time		 Yes
some nights
but not all		 No Total (%)
ALL 2,554 57.2 24.1 18.7 100
Age
18-24 566 64.8 21.9 13.3 100
25-29 892 58.1 25.1 16.8 100
30-34 690 54.1 23.3 22.6 100
35+ 402 50.5 25.9 23.6 100
Parity
Primiparous 756 56.5 27.0 16.5 100
Multiparous 1,734 57.6 22.8 19.6 100
Education
HS or less 432 63.2 20.1 16.7 100
Some college 969 61.4 23.1 15.5 100
College graduate 970 49.4 27.0 23.6 100
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 1,024 65.0 20.5 14.5 100
185- < 350% 931 54.6 24.9 20.5 100
>=350% 599 48.1 28.9 23.0 100
WIC Participant
No 1,842 54.1 25.4 20.5 100
Yes 708 65.5 20.8 13.7 100
Race
White 2,075 56.0 24.3 19.6 100
Black 117 59.8 20.5 19.7 100
Hispanic 166 68.7 19.3 12.0 100
Region
Northeast 415 44.1 27.2 28.7 100
Midwest 743 50.6 28.9 20.5 100
South 830 58.8 24.2 17.0 100
West 566 73.3 15.2 11.5 100

1Table is based on variables: N25