Chapter 3. Infant Feeding

Table 3.102. Percent of babies whose bottles of prepared formula were usually kept at room temperature for each time period in the past 2 weeks by infant age1, among formula fed babies

Infant Feeding Practices Study II

Infant age
in months
N < 1 hour 1 to 2
hours
3 to 4
hours
5 to 8
hours
9 to 11
hours
12 to 16
hours
> 16
hours
Don't keep prepared formula
at room temperature
Total
(%)
2 1,518 55.8 16.2 4.4 1.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 22.1 100
5 1,415 54.1 17.6 4.4 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.0 23.2 100
7 1,393 53.1 19.2 4.8 0.9 0.0 0.1 0.0 21.9 100
9 1,361 55.7 21.2 4.3 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 17.6 100

1Table is based on variables: M2E23, M5E9, M7E7, M9E6