Chapter 3. Infant Feeding

Table 3.65. Percent of mothers who stopped breastfeeding for a while or completely because of breast pump injury or problems 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 Stopped for a while Stopped completely N Stopped for a while Stopped completely N Stopped for a while Stopped completely
ALL 884 2.8 8.9 399 1.5 0.5 213 0.5 1.9
Age
18-24 210 4.8 18.1 53 5.7 0.0 27 0.0 3.7
25-29 304 2.6 6.6 153 0.7 0.7 79 0.0 1.3
30-34 230 1.7 4.8 123 0.0 0.0 64 1.6 3.1
35+ 140 2.1 7.1 70 2.9 1.4 43 0.0 0.0
Parity
Primiparous 330 5.5 11.5 130 3.1 0.8 75 0.0 0.0
Multiparous 539 1.3 7.2 266 0.8 0.4 137 0.7 2.9
Education
HS or less 157 3.2 12.7 33 3.0 0.0 13 0.0 0.0
Some college 317 2.5 10.7 137 2.2 0.0 46 0.0 6.5
College graduate 360 2.5 5.0 218 0.5 0.9 149 0.7 0.7
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 325 4.3 12.3 132 3.8 0.0 64 0.0 1.6
185- < 350% 330 2.4 5.2 153 0.7 0.7 84 1.2 3.6
>=350% 229 1.3 9.6 114 0.0 0.9 65 0.0 0.0
WIC Participant
No 558 1.4 6.8 293 0.0 0.7 168 0.6 1.8
Yes 326 5.2 12.6 106 5.7 0.0 45 0.0 2.2
Race
White 726 2.2 8.8 355 1.4 0.6 189 0.0 1.6
Black 30 10.0 13.3 9 11.1 0.0 5 20.0 0.0
Hispanic 58 6.9 8.6 15 0.0 0.0 6 0.0 0.0
Region
Northeast 132 3.8 9.1 78 1.3 0.0 39 0.0 0.0
Midwest 263 3.4 8.0 110 0.0 1.8 57 0.0 0.0
South 304 3.6 10.2 111 2.7 0.0 59 1.7 3.4
West 185 0.0 8.1 100 2.0 0.0 58 0.0 3.4

1Table is based on variables: M2D29, M5D28, M7D28