Chapter 3. Infant Feeding |
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Table 3.18. Percent of babies who usually fed from both breasts at each feeding by infant age and selected demographics1, among breastfed babies Infant Feeding Practices Study II |
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| Infant age in months | ||||||||||
| Neonatal | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | |
| ALL(n) | 2,158 | 1,605 | 1,433 | 1,257 | 1,161 | 1,042 | 915 | 804 | 669 | 449 |
| (%) | 64.2 | 61.2 | 61.6 | 61.3 | 59.9 | 58.4 | 59.0 | 57.2 | 59.6 | 57.2 |
| Age | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 62.7 | 63.4 | 64.5 | 65.8 | 62.1 | 61.0 | 59.2 | 57.5 | 59.7 | 68.6 |
| 25-29 | 63.3 | 57.9 | 55.7 | 55.6 | 55.1 | 55.1 | 57.5 | 56.7 | 56.5 | 50.9 |
| 30-34 | 64.7 | 62.3 | 65.1 | 64.2 | 63.3 | 61.0 | 62.2 | 59.8 | 65.8 | 61.1 |
| 35+ | 66.8 | 64.0 | 65.3 | 64.6 | 61.8 | 58.8 | 56.5 | 53.9 | 55.3 | 58.3 |
| Parity | ||||||||||
| Primiparous | 57.8 | 52.5 | 56.0 | 55.0 | 53.1 | 54.9 | 58.1 | 58.7 | 55.3 | 50.0 |
| Multiparous | 66.9 | 64.4 | 64.0 | 63.5 | 62.1 | 59.6 | 59.3 | 56.8 | 61.1 | 59.3 |
| Education | ||||||||||
| HS or less | 61.7 | 63.2 | 60.2 | 60.5 | 58.0 | 52.6 | 58.7 | 47.4 | 46.1 | 51.2 |
| Some college | 65.7 | 61.1 | 62.0 | 60.2 | 57.7 | 55.6 | 55.1 | 51.9 | 59.1 | 56.4 |
| College graduate | 64.0 | 59.9 | 61.2 | 61.6 | 60.9 | 61.1 | 60.9 | 62.4 | 62.6 | 57.4 |
| Income (% of poverty) | ||||||||||
| < 185% | 68.1 | 64.5 | 64.1 | 62.6 | 61.6 | 59.5 | 61.3 | 55.6 | 57.2 | 61.3 |
| 185- < 350% | 62.6 | 60.0 | 60.9 | 61.7 | 58.1 | 56.8 | 55.7 | 58.6 | 61.3 | 53.9 |
| >=350% | 60.3 | 58.4 | 59.3 | 59.0 | 60.1 | 59.5 | 61.2 | 57.4 | 60.5 | 57.3 |
| WIC Participant | ||||||||||
| No | 64.1 | 60.4 | 61.0 | 61.4 | 60.3 | 58.5 | 59.4 | 57.2 | 60.2 | 55.9 |
| Yes | 64.2 | 63.0 | 63.2 | 61.2 | 58.8 | 58.3 | 57.8 | 57.1 | 58.0 | 61.3 |
| Race | ||||||||||
| White | 64.2 | 62.0 | 62.2 | 61.2 | 59.1 | 57.7 | 57.7 | 57.2 | 59.3 | 57.5 |
| Black | 60.0 | 58.2 | 59.2 | 55.9 | 57.7 | 56.5 | 68.2 | 33.3 | 55.6 | 27.3 |
| Hispanic | 67.6 | 56.3 | 56.6 | 56.7 | 58.0 | 55.3 | 56.1 | 50.0 | 38.9 | 60.0 |
| Region | ||||||||||
| Northeast | 62.4 | 64.6 | 66.3 | 66.8 | 67.6 | 63.7 | 65.2 | 63.5 | 66.4 | 60.5 |
| Midwest | 64.2 | 59.6 | 59.3 | 56.9 | 55.8 | 54.1 | 53.5 | 53.7 | 56.5 | 55.6 |
| South | 63.9 | 61.2 | 62.3 | 61.5 | 63.2 | 59.5 | 63.8 | 60.0 | 62.6 | 59.2 |
| West | 65.9 | 60.7 | 60.4 | 62.2 | 55.3 | 58.3 | 55.8 | 53.8 | 55.1 | 54.6 |
1Table is based on variables: N56, M2A13, M3A13, M4A15, M5A14, M6A14, M7A14, M9A14, MXA15, MWA14 |
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