Chapter 1. Prenatal Survey

Table 1.37. Percent of fathers or mothers of current baby who were ever breastfed when they were infants by selected demographics¹ Infant Feeding Practices Study II
	Baby's mother					Baby's father
	N	Yes	No	Don't know	Total (%)	N	Yes	No	Don't know	Total (%)
ALL	4,873	46.0	47.0	7.0	100	4,829	37.7	35.9	26.3	100
Age
18-24	1,364	50.3	42.2	7.6	100	1,349	40.8	29.7	29.5	100
25-29	1,576	51.5	42.7	5.8	100	1,560	41.4	32.7	25.9	100
30-34	1,214	39.2	53.0	7.8	100	1,210	34.0	42.6	23.4	100
35+	707	37.9	55.0	7.1	100	700	30.4	43.4	26.1	100
Parity
Primiparous	1,514	49.3	44.3	6.5	100	1,496	41.6	29.6	28.8	100
Multiparous	3,188	44.6	48.3	7.1	100	3,164	35.9	39.3	24.8	100
Education
HS or less	1,051	40.1	49.9	10.1	100	1,039	32.4	34.3	33.3	100
Some college	1,749	46.8	45.6	7.6	100	1,739	37.1	36.7	26.2	100
College graduate	1,458	50.0	46.0	4.0	100	1,454	42.4	36.9	20.7	100
Income (% of poverty)
< 185%	2,189	45.7	45.6	8.6	100	2,162	36.1	33.6	30.3	100
185- < 350%	1,675	46.1	47.9	6.0	100	1,667	39.2	37.6	23.2	100
>=350%	1,009	46.5	48.4	5.2	100	1,000	38.9	38.2	22.9	100
WIC Participant
No	3,242	47.0	46.5	6.5	100	3,220	39.6	36.2	24.2	100
Yes	1,622	44.1	47.9	8.0	100	1,600	34.1	35.4	30.5	100
Race
White	3,843	45.4	48.0	6.6	100	3,816	37.0	37.3	25.7	100
Black	295	36.6	54.6	8.8	100	291	28.2	37.1	34.7	100
Hispanic	333	48.3	43.8	7.8	100	326	40.2	30.1	29.8	100
Region
Northeast	824	38.8	55.5	5.7	100	814	32.3	41.5	26.2	100
Midwest	1,403	43.1	47.8	9.1	100	1,386	35.5	36.6	27.9	100
South	1,689	41.6	51.6	6.8	100	1,681	34.5	39.1	26.4	100
West	957	64.4	30.3	5.3	100	948	51.4	24.6	24.1	100
¹Table is based on variables: P40A, P40B