Chapter 3. Infant Feeding |
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Table 3.19. Percent of babies who usually let go of the breast themselves by infant age, among breastfed babies1 Infant Feeding Practices Study II |
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| Infant age in months | N | Yes, both breast | Yes, first breast only |
Yes, second breast only |
No | Total (%) |
| Neonatal | 1,989 | 63.7 | 9.5 | 11.3 | 15.5 | 100 |
| 2 | 1,504 | 65.9 | 9.9 | 10.7 | 13.5 | 100 |
| 3 | 1,354 | 66.3 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 11.8 | 100 |
| 4 | 1,190 | 67.5 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 12.5 | 100 |
| 5 | 1,101 | 69.4 | 10.4 | 9.6 | 10.5 | 100 |
| 6 | 985 | 71.2 | 10.2 | 8.1 | 10.6 | 100 |
| 7 | 881 | 70.6 | 11.7 | 7.4 | 10.3 | 100 |
| 9 | 762 | 69.2 | 13.6 | 6.3 | 10.9 | 100 |
| 10 | 639 | 72.9 | 11.9 | 5.6 | 9.5 | 100 |
| 12 | 439 | 70.8 | 12.3 | 5.2 | 11.6 | 100 |
1Table is based on variables: N57, M2A14, M3A14, M4A16, M5A15, M6A15, M7A15, M9A15, MXA16, MWA15 |
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