Chapter 3. Infant Feeding |
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Table 3.11. Percent of mothers who chewed up food and then gave to their baby in the past 2 weeks by infant age and selected demographics1 Infant Feeding Practices Study II |
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| Infant age in months | |||||||
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | |
| ALL(n) | 2,203 | 2,149 | 2,088 | 1,999 | 1,931 | 1,794 | 1,799 |
| (%) | 0.8 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 6.3 | 9.2 | 10.5 | 7.1 |
| Age | |||||||
| 18-24 | 1.9 | 4.4 | 8.7 | 11.0 | 12.8 | 14.1 | 8.2 |
| 25-29 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 6.5 | 10.7 | 11.3 | 7.4 |
| 30-34 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 8.6 | 10.9 | 7.2 |
| 35+ | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 5.7 |
| Parity | |||||||
| Primiparous | 0.3 | 2.6 | 4.4 | 7.3 | 10.1 | 11.0 | 9.4 |
| Multiparous | 0.9 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 5.7 | 8.8 | 10.3 | 6.1 |
| Education | |||||||
| HS or less | 1.2 | 4.2 | 6.8 | 11.5 | 12.3 | 16.5 | 8.0 |
| Some college | 1.0 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 5.8 | 10.6 | 12.5 | 7.7 |
| College graduate | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 3.6 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.9 |
| Income (% of poverty) | |||||||
| < 185% | 1.5 | 2.4 | 5.7 | 9.2 | 11.8 | 13.6 | 8.1 |
| 185- < 350% | 0.5 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 5.3 | 9.3 | 10.0 | 7.5 |
| >=350% | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 5.3 |
| WIC Participant | |||||||
| No | 0.4 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 7.2 | 8.5 | 6.2 |
| Yes | 1.5 | 2.8 | 5.5 | 9.1 | 12.8 | 14.3 | 8.8 |
| Race | |||||||
| White | 0.5 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 5.1 | 7.4 | 8.5 | 5.1 |
| Black | 5.7 | 10.7 | 13.2 | 27.4 | 43.8 | 50.0 | 44.1 |
| Hispanic | 1.7 | 2.6 | 6.3 | 11.4 | 13.5 | 9.7 | 14.4 |
| Region | |||||||
| Northeast | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 7.9 | 5.7 |
| Midwest | 0.3 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 7.3 | 4.9 |
| South | 1.6 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 7.9 | 10.8 | 12.2 | 6.8 |
| West | 0.9 | 2.6 | 6.5 | 9.5 | 14.9 | 15.5 | 12.5 |
1Table is based on variables: M4A7, M5A7, M6A7, M7A7, M9A7, MXA7, MWA7 |
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