Chapter 2. Neonatal Survey

Table 2.25. Percent of mothers who received help from each kind of person by selected demographics 1,2, among mothers who had help with breastfeeding

Infant Feeding Practices Study II

  N Doctor Midwife Nurse Lactation
consultant
Peer
counselor
Family
member
Friend Support
group
Someone
else
ALL 1,896 1.5 3.2 71.2 61.2 0.3 14.2 2.7 0.9 0.7
Age
18-24 427 1.4 3.7 74.5 58.3 0.5 24.8 4.4 1.6 2.1
25-29 679 2.1 3.4 71.3 59.9 0.3 13.4 1.9 1.0 0.3
30-34 499 1.0 3.0 69.9 63.5 0.0 10.4 2.4 0.4 0.2
35+ 288 1.4 2.4 68.8 64.2 0.3 7.3 2.8 0.7 0.3
Parity
Primiparous 703 2.6 4.0 79.2 65.0 0.4 22.6 4.1 1.4 1.0
Multiparous 1,138 0.8 2.7 66.1 59.1 0.2 8.6 1.9 0.6 0.4
Education
HS or less 303 1.3 4.6 73.9 53.1 0.3 14.5 2.3 2.0 1.3
Some college 686 1.0 2.9 69.1 60.3 0.1 13.8 3.4 0.6 0.7
College graduate 762 1.4 3.0 71.7 66.8 0.3 11.9 2.0 0.7 0.5
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 686 1.7 3.8 67.9 56.0 0.1 15.6 3.5 1.3 1.5
185- < 350% 698 1.1 3.6 69.5 61.7 0.3 11.6 2.1 1.0 0.3
>=350% 512 1.8 2.0 77.9 67.6 0.4 16.0 2.5 0.4 0.2
WIC Participant
No 1,415 1.3 2.8 71.0 63.0 0.3 11.8 2.3 0.8 0.5
Yes 479 2.1 4.4 71.8 55.9 0.2 21.5 4.2 1.5 1.3
Race
White 1,547 1.3 3.2 71.4 61.8 0.2 14.1 2.6 0.6 0.7
Black 86 0.0 4.7 67.4 55.8 0.0 17.4 5.8 2.3 0.0
Hispanic 118 4.2 2.5 68.6 54.2 0.0 13.6 2.5 2.5 0.8
Region
Northeast 318 3.5 3.8 78.3 58.2 0.6 12.9 2.8 0.6 0.6
Midwest 579 1.2 2.8 74.8 62.7 0.2 13.0 3.1 0.7 0.9
South 607 1.0 3.1 63.8 64.6 0.3 16.3 3.1 0.8 0.2
West 392 1.3 3.6 71.7 56.4 0.0 14.0 1.5 1.8 1.3

1Table is based on variables: N23A-I

2Row percentages do not add up to 100% because mothers could choose all that apply