Chapter 3. Infant Feeding

Table 3.64. Percent of mothers who called the breast pump manufacturer to get help or to report the injury or problem by infant age and selected demographics1, among mothers who had any problems with a pump they used at each age

Infant Feeding Practices Study II

  Months 0-2 Months 3-5 Months 6-7
  N % N % N %
ALL 894 5.1 412 5.6 216 3.7
Age
18-24 211 3.3 55 5.5 28 3.6
25-29 310 6.1 156 5.8 80 6.3
30-34 231 4.8 129 4.7 64 0.0
35+ 142 6.3 72 6.9 44 4.5
Parity
Primiparous 333 5.7 134 8.2 76 2.6
Multiparous 545 5.0 274 4.4 139 4.3
Education
HS or less 159 2.5 36 2.8 13 0.0
Some college 320 5.9 141 5.7 47 6.4
College graduate 365 5.5 225 4.9 151 3.3
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 329 4.9 136 2.9 64 3.1
185- < 350% 333 5.7 157 3.8 87 4.6
>=350% 232 4.7 119 10.9 65 3.1
WIC Participant
No 565 5.1 304 5.9 170 3.5
Yes 329 5.2 108 4.6 46 4.3
Race
White 735 4.8 367 5.4 192 3.6
Black 31 12.9 9 11.1 5 0.0
Hispanic 58 5.2 16 6.3 6 0.0
Region
Northeast 132 5.3 80 2.5 40 0.0
Midwest 268 5.6 114 8.8 58 6.9
South 306 6.2 119 5.9 59 1.7
West 188 2.7 99 4.0 59 5.1

1Table is based on variables: M2D28, M5D27, M7D27