Chapter 7. Employment and Day Care

Table 7.22. Percent of child care providers who kept fresh and thawed breast milk in the refrigerator for different time periods by infant age1, among babies who were cared for outside of their home

Infant Feeding Practices Study II
  Month 3 Month 6 Month 9 Month 12
Fresh breast milk Throws milk out or send it home daily 31.24 32.17 29.96 27.39
  Keeps milk over 1 night 11.28 8.72 7.74 7.47
  Keeps milk over 2 nights 2.82 1.55 1.79 1.66
  Keeps milk 3 nights or longer 1.74 1.94 1.59 1.87
  Don't know 52.93 55.62 58.93 61.62
  Total (%) 100 100 100 100
  N 461 516 504 482
Thawed breast milk Throws milk out or send it home daily 30.82 33.01 29.86 27.35
  Keeps milk over 1 night 9.53 6.25 6.61 7.31
  Keeps milk over 2 nights 1.11 1.17 1.00 0.63
  Keeps milk 3 nights or longer 1.55 1.37 0.40 0.84
  Don't know 56.98 58.20 62.12 63.88
  Total (%) 100 100 100 100
  N 451 512 499 479

1Table is based on variables: M3H26, M6H32, M9H33, MWH32