Chapter 7. Employment and Day Care |
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Table 7.11. Percent of mothers who experienced each problem combining breastfeeding and work 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 | |
| A coworker made negative comments or complained to me about breastfeeding | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| My employer or my supervisor made negative comments or complained to me | 1.6 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| It was hard for me to arrange break time for breastfeeding or pumping milk | 30.2 | 31.6 | 29.6 | 21.0 |
| It was hard for me to find a place to breastfeed or pump milk | 19.5 | 16.8 | 18.2 | 11.0 |
| It was hard for me to arrange a place to store pumped breast milk | 5.5 | 3.7 | 5.4 | 4.4 |
| It was hard for me to carry the equipment I needed to pump milk at work | 10.1 | 6.8 | 5.1 | 4.4 |
| I felt worried about keeping my job because of breastfeeding | 4.1 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 1.8 |
| I felt worried about continuing to breastfeed because of my job | 17.7 | 14.0 | 9.6 | 8.4 |
| I felt embarrassed among coworkers, my supervisor, or my employer because of breastfeeding | 8.2 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| N | 515 | 429 | 337 | 228 |
1Table is based on variables: M3H15A-I, M6H21A-I, M9H22A-I, MWH21A-I 2Column percentages do not add up to 100% because mothers could choose all that apply |
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