Chapter 2. Neonatal Survey

Table 2.48. Percent of mothers feeling each level of confidence that they will be able to breastfeed until the baby is the age they desire by selected demographics ¹, among breastfeeding mothers Infant Feeding Practices Study II
	N	Not at all confident(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	Very confident(5)	Total (%)
ALL	2,100	3.6	3.2	18.0	30.8	44.4	100
Age
18-24	399	5.8	3.0	19.5	32.6	39.1	100
25-29	748	1.7	2.8	18.0	32.2	45.2	100
30-34	604	4.0	4.0	17.4	28.3	46.4	100
35+	348	4.6	2.9	17.2	29.9	45.4	100
Parity
Primiparous	580	5.5	4.8	26.7	33.1	29.8	100
Multiparous	1,476	2.8	2.5	14.6	29.8	50.3	100
Education
HS or less	306	4.9	3.3	17.3	30.7	43.8	100
Some college	783	3.2	3.7	18.1	29.1	45.8	100
College graduate	881	3.2	2.7	17.9	32.5	43.7	100
Income (% of poverty)
< 185%	805	4.1	2.5	16.0	29.2	48.2	100
185- < 350%	783	2.4	3.2	17.2	30.5	46.6	100
>=350%	512	4.7	4.3	22.3	33.6	35.2	100
WIC Participant
No	1,563	3.3	3.3	17.4	31.3	44.7	100
Yes	534	4.7	2.8	19.9	29.0	43.6	100
Race
White	1,712	3.3	3.3	17.9	30.7	44.9	100
Black	88	6.8	1.1	11.4	36.4	44.3	100
Hispanic	136	4.4	2.9	19.1	29.4	44.1	100
Region
Northeast	347	3.7	1.2	19.6	34.0	41.5	100
Midwest	599	4.0	2.8	19.0	33.1	41.1	100
South	661	4.5	4.2	16.2	26.8	48.3	100
West	493	1.8	3.7	18.1	31.0	45.4	100
¹Table is based on variables: N63