Chapter 2. Neonatal Survey

Table 2.49. Percent of mothers who rated their current feelings about breastfeeding in each way by selected demographics1, among breastfeeding mothers

Infant Feeding Practices Study II

  N Dislike very
much (1)
(2) (3) (4) Like very
much (5)
Total (%)
ALL 2,148 1.5 3.3 13.6 29.1 52.6 100
Age
18-24 407 2.2 3.4 18.7 26.3 49.4 100
25-29 765 1.4 3.7 11.1 28.1 55.7 100
30-34 615 1.3 3.6 13.3 32.0 49.8 100
35+ 360 1.1 1.9 13.6 29.2 54.2 100
Parity
Primiparous 593 1.9 5.6 18.5 35.6 38.4 100
Multiparous 1,509 1.3 2.3 11.7 26.8 57.9 100
Education
HS or less 317 1.6 2.8 14.2 23.0 58.4 100
Some college 796 1.1 2.6 12.4 27.0 56.8 100
College graduate 900 1.3 3.7 15.3 33.3 46.3 100
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 825 2.2 2.9 11.3 22.2 61.5 100
185- < 350% 803 0.9 2.9 13.8 32.5 49.9 100
>=350% 520 1.3 4.6 16.9 34.6 42.5 100
WIC Participant
No 1,601 1.1 3.7 14.0 30.6 50.6 100
Yes 544 2.6 2.2 12.5 24.6 58.1 100
Race
White 1,752 1.5 2.9 13.6 30.1 51.9 100
Black 91 3.3 4.4 16.5 20.9 54.9 100
Hispanic 139 0.7 2.9 13.7 24.5 58.3 100
Region
Northeast 353 1.7 3.7 15.3 29.5 49.9 100
Midwest 617 1.8 3.1 13.6 31.4 50.1 100
South 675 1.6 3.6 14.5 27.1 53.2 100
West 503 0.8 3.0 11.1 28.4 56.7 100

1Table is based on variables: N64