Chapter 7. Employment and Day Care |
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Table 7.15. Median days in an average week that babies were cared for by the regularly scheduled child care providers by infant age and selected demographics1, among babies who were cared for by someone other than their mother during these periods Infant Feeding Practices Study II |
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| Month 3 | Month 6 | Month 9 | Month 12 | |||||
| N | Median | N | Median | N | Median | N | Median | |
| ALL | 826 | 5.0 | 868 | 5.0 | 851 | 5.0 | 808 | 5.0 |
| Age | ||||||||
| 18-24 | 179 | 5.0 | 160 | 5.0 | 160 | 5.0 | 140 | 5.0 |
| 25-29 | 276 | 5.0 | 277 | 5.0 | 262 | 5.0 | 247 | 5.0 |
| 30-34 | 231 | 5.0 | 261 | 5.0 | 258 | 5.0 | 246 | 5.0 |
| 35+ | 139 | 5.0 | 169 | 5.0 | 170 | 5.0 | 174 | 5.0 |
| Parity | ||||||||
| Primiparous | 310 | 5.0 | 319 | 5.0 | 304 | 5.0 | 301 | 5.0 |
| Multiparous | 491 | 5.0 | 526 | 5.0 | 527 | 5.0 | 488 | 5.0 |
| Education | ||||||||
| HS or less | 127 | 5.0 | 141 | 4.0 | 125 | 4.0 | 111 | 5.0 |
| Some college | 287 | 4.0 | 267 | 5.0 | 268 | 4.0 | 247 | 5.0 |
| College graduate | 342 | 5.0 | 403 | 5.0 | 406 | 5.0 | 401 | 5.0 |
| Income (% of poverty) | ||||||||
| < 185% | 282 | 5.0 | 281 | 5.0 | 266 | 5.0 | 231 | 5.0 |
| 185- < 350% | 300 | 5.0 | 301 | 5.0 | 308 | 4.0 | 295 | 5.0 |
| >=350% | 244 | 5.0 | 286 | 5.0 | 277 | 5.0 | 282 | 5.0 |
| WIC Participant | ||||||||
| No | 524 | 5.0 | 578 | 5.0 | 572 | 5.0 | 557 | 5.0 |
| Yes | 302 | 5.0 | 290 | 5.0 | 279 | 5.0 | 251 | 5.0 |
| Race | ||||||||
| White | 672 | 5.0 | 703 | 5.0 | 699 | 5.0 | 679 | 5.0 |
| Black | 44 | 5.0 | 41 | 5.0 | 41 | 5.0 | 40 | 5.0 |
| Hispanic | 48 | 5.0 | 54 | 5.0 | 49 | 5.0 | 40 | 5.0 |
| Region | ||||||||
| Northeast | 130 | 4.5 | 137 | 5.0 | 131 | 4.0 | 128 | 5.0 |
| Midwest | 296 | 4.0 | 295 | 5.0 | 288 | 5.0 | 284 | 5.0 |
| South | 266 | 5.0 | 262 | 5.0 | 267 | 5.0 | 234 | 5.0 |
| West | 134 | 4.0 | 174 | 4.0 | 165 | 5.0 | 162 | 4.5 |
1Table is based on variables: M3H19, M6H25, M9H26, MWH25 |
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