Chapter 7. Employment and Day Care |
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Table 7.10. Percent of mothers who used each strategy for breastfeeding while working by infant age1,2, among mothers who breastfed and worked during the past 4 weeks Infant Feeding Practices Study II |
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| Month 3 | Month 6 | Month 9 | Month 12 | |
| I keep my baby with me while I work and breastfeed during my work day | 31.7 | 28.6 | 27.7 | 22.0 |
| I go to my baby and breastfeed him or her during my work day | 8.2 | 11.3 | 10.7 | 8.6 |
| My baby is brought to me to breastfeed during my work day | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| I pump milk during my work day and save it for my baby to drink later | 57.5 | 54.8 | 47.0 | 24.1 |
| I pump milk during my work day, but I do not save it for my baby to drink later | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.4 |
| I neither pump milk nor breastfeed during my work day | 12.5 | 15.7 | 23.2 | 46.1 |
| N | 511 | 434 | 336 | 232 |
1Table is based on variables: M3H14A-F, M6H20A-F, M9H21A-F, MWH20A-F 2Column percentages do not add up to 100% because mothers could choose all that apply |
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