Chapter 1. Prenatal Survey

Table 1.20. Percent of pregnant women planning to work for each number of hours per week by selected demographics1, among those who plan to work for pay during their babies' first year

Infant Feeding Practices Study II

  N 1-9
hours
10-19
hours
20-29
hours
30-34
hours
35-40
hours
>40
hours
Total (%)
ALL 3,011 7.6 10.5 23.5 11.7 38.5 8.2 100
Age
18-24 933 5.4 9.8 28.8 15.5 34.6 5.9 100
25-29 918 7.1 10.8 23.0 10.2 41.3 7.6 100
30-34 717 8.8 11.6 20.9 8.6 40.0 10.0 100
35+ 437 11.7 9.8 17.6 11.7 37.8 11.4 100
Parity
Primiparous 1,130 3.9 9.1 24.0 12.5 42.7 7.9 100
Multiparous 1,758 10.2 11.6 22.8 10.8 36.1 8.6 100
Education
HS or less 587 4.8 9.5 29.6 13.5 36.6 6.0 100
Some college 1,050 6.4 11.9 25.4 12.6 36.8 7.0 100
College graduate 928 11.1 10.9 18.6 7.1 41.1 11.2 100
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 1,251 7.3 11.4 27.0 14.4 33.7 6.2 100
185- < 350% 1,052 10.1 10.9 22.1 9.9 39.0 8.0 100
>=350% 708 4.5 8.2 19.2 9.7 46.2 12.1 100
WIC Participant
No 2,018 8.6 10.2 21.0 10.6 40.6 9.1 100
Yes 988 5.6 10.9 28.5 14.1 34.4 6.5 100
Race
White 2,318 8.1 11.4 23.6 11.0 37.7 8.2 100
Black 228 5.3 5.7 18.4 15.4 48.2 7.0 100
Hispanic 213 5.6 8.5 24.9 13.6 39.4 8.0 100
Region
Northeast 523 9.8 13.8 24.1 9.9 36.3 6.1 100
Midwest 934 7.6 9.6 23.6 12.1 37.9 9.2 100
South 1,025 5.4 8.5 21.4 13.1 43.1 8.6 100
West 529 9.8 12.7 26.8 10.2 32.7 7.8 100

1Table is based on variables: P25