Chapter 3. Infant Feeding

Table 3.11. Percent of mothers who chewed up food and then gave to their baby in the past 2 weeks by infant age and selected demographics1

Infant Feeding Practices Study II

  Infant age in months
  4 5 6 7 9 10 12
ALL(n) 2,203 2,149 2,088 1,999 1,931 1,794 1,799
(%) 0.8 1.8 3.7 6.3 9.2 10.5 7.1
Age
18-24 1.9 4.4 8.7 11.0 12.8 14.1 8.2
25-29 0.8 1.6 3.4 6.5 10.7 11.3 7.4
30-34 0.5 1.1 2.5 4.9 8.6 10.9 7.2
35+ 0.0 0.5 0.8 3.6 3.9 5.2 5.7
Parity
Primiparous 0.3 2.6 4.4 7.3 10.1 11.0 9.4
Multiparous 0.9 1.4 3.3 5.7 8.8 10.3 6.1
Education
HS or less 1.2 4.2 6.8 11.5 12.3 16.5 8.0
Some college 1.0 1.3 3.4 5.8 10.6 12.5 7.7
College graduate 0.2 0.8 1.6 3.6 6.1 5.9 5.9
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 1.5 2.4 5.7 9.2 11.8 13.6 8.1
185- < 350% 0.5 1.4 2.9 5.3 9.3 10.0 7.5
>=350% 0.0 1.3 1.6 3.4 5.2 6.4 5.3
WIC Participant
No 0.4 1.2 2.6 4.8 7.2 8.5 6.2
Yes 1.5 2.8 5.5 9.1 12.8 14.3 8.8
Race
White 0.5 1.2 3.0 5.1 7.4 8.5 5.1
Black 5.7 10.7 13.2 27.4 43.8 50.0 44.1
Hispanic 1.7 2.6 6.3 11.4 13.5 9.7 14.4
Region
Northeast 0.0 0.5 1.3 4.3 5.7 7.9 5.7
Midwest 0.3 1.2 2.4 3.9 5.9 7.3 4.9
South 1.6 2.5 4.7 7.9 10.8 12.2 6.8
West 0.9 2.6 6.5 9.5 14.9 15.5 12.5

1Table is based on variables: M4A7, M5A7, M6A7, M7A7, M9A7, MXA7, MWA7