Chapter 3. Infant Feeding

Table 3.15. Percent of babies who were fed each formula group in the past 7 days by infant age1,2, among formula fed babies

Infant Feeding Practices Study II

Infant age in months N Group 1. Amino-acid based Group 2. Milk based
without DHA and ARA
Group 3. Milk based
with DHA and ARA
Group 4. Soy based
with DHA and ARA
Group 5. Soy based
without DHA and ARA
Group 6. Extensively
hydrolyzed casein hydrolysate
with or without DHA and ARA
Neonatal 1,779 1.1 17.7 72.6 9.6 2.8 2.8
2 1,520 0.1 15.0 71.2 11.2 3.1 4.3
3 1,423 0.8 15.2 70.8 10.3 3.1 3.8
4 1,388 0.4 14.0 71.3 10.7 3.5 3.6
5 1,403 0.5 14.0 70.1 11.3 3.7 3.7
6 1,383 0.5 14.8 70.5 12.2 3.0 3.2
7 1,369 0.2 14.7 71.1 11.7 3.1 2.8
9 1,351 0.7 16.1 70.1 11.2 3.4 2.1
10 1,244 0.5 15.0 72.7 10.9 2.4 2.0
12 620 0.8 13.9 70.6 12.3 2.4 2.3

1Table is based on variables: N47_1-6, M2A10_1-6, M3A10_1-6, M4A12_1-6, M5A11_1-6, M6A11_1-6, M7A11_1-6, M9A11_1-6, MXA11_1-6, MWA11_1-6 2Row percentages do not add up to 100% because mothers could choose all that apply