Chapter 3. Infant Feeding |
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Table 3.23. Median number of feedings of expressed or pumped breast milk in the past 7 days by infant age and selected demographics1, among babies fed pumped breast milk in the past 7 days Infant Feeding Practices Study II |
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| Infant age in month | |||||||||||
| Neonatal | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | ||
| ALL | Median | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| (n) | (1,029) | (817) | (713) | (620) | (547) | (416) | (325) | (234) | (164) | (64) | |
| Age | |||||||||||
| 18-24 | Median | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 11.0 |
| (n) | (195) | (117) | (94) | (66) | (56) | (41) | (31) | (19) | (14) | (4) | |
| 25-29 | Median | 4.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 |
| (n) | (375) | (315) | (267) | (220) | (199) | (140) | (106) | (75) | (55) | (23) | |
| 30-34 | Median | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 |
| (n) | (283) | (232) | (224) | (208) | (187) | (154) | (117) | (87) | (65) | (21) | |
| 35+ | Median | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| (n) | (175) | (153) | (128) | (126) | (105) | (81) | (71) | (53) | (30) | (16) | |
| Parity | |||||||||||
| Primiparous | Median | 4.5 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 6.5 | 5.0 |
| (n) | (374) | (289) | (246) | (201) | (181) | (140) | (110) | (84) | (64) | (25) | |
| Multiparous | Median | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| (n) | (632) | (518) | (458) | (413) | (361) | (270) | (212) | (149) | (100) | (39) | |
| Education | |||||||||||
| HS or less | Median | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 4.5 | 26.0 |
| (n) | (140) | (79) | (75) | (56) | (45) | (32) | (22) | (17) | (14) | (2) | |
| Some college | Median | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 |
| (n) | (378) | (272) | (215) | (184) | (161) | (110) | (82) | (58) | (36) | (11) | |
| College graduate | Median | 3.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| (n) | (447) | (430) | (393) | (362) | (326) | (264) | (213) | (155) | (111) | (48) | |
| Income (% of poverty) | |||||||||||
| < 185% | Median | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 |
| (n) | (341) | (232) | (191) | (164) | (135) | (100) | (69) | (47) | (41) | (17) | |
| 185- < 350% | Median | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| (n) | (379) | (305) | (268) | (234) | (219) | (167) | (134) | (93) | (55) | (21) | |
| >=350% | Median | 5.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 6.0 | 4.5 |
| (n) | (309) | (280) | (254) | (222) | (193) | (149) | (122) | (94) | (68) | (26) | |
| WIC Participant | |||||||||||
| No | Median | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| (n) | (695) | (600) | (553) | (485) | (438) | (340) | (268) | (205) | (133) | (52) | |
| Yes | Median | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 4.5 |
| (n) | (334) | (217) | (160) | (135) | (109) | (76) | (57) | (29) | (31) | (12) | |
| Race | |||||||||||
| White | Median | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| (n) | (828) | (690) | (615) | (538) | (475) | (370) | (287) | (207) | (149) | (59) | |
| Black | Median | 4.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 14.0 | 4.0 | 27.0 |
| (n) | (44) | (29) | (24) | (21) | (15) | (10) | (7) | (6) | (4) | (2) | |
| Hispanic | Median | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 14.0 | 27.5 | 4.0 |
| (n) | (78) | (46) | (32) | (26) | (22) | (15) | (13) | (7) | (4) | (1) | |
| Region | |||||||||||
| Northeast | Median | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 2.0 |
| (n) | (228) | (164) | (159) | (133) | (114) | (93) | (77) | (53) | (34) | (11) | |
| Midwest | Median | 3.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| (n) | (297) | (266) | (216) | (190) | (175) | (121) | (95) | (68) | (50) | (23) | |
| South | Median | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.5 |
| (n) | (339) | (256) | (209) | (183) | (159) | (122) | (97) | (65) | (52) | (20) | |
| West | Median | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 3.0 |
| (n) | (165) | (131) | (129) | (114) | (99) | (80) | (56) | (48) | (28) | (10) | |
1Table is based on variables: N61, M2A17, M3A17, M4A19, M5A18, M6A18, M7A18, M9A18, MXA19, MWA18 |
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