Chapter 3. Infant Feeding

Table 3.20. Percent of mothers whose average breastfeeding lasted for each length of time by infant age1, among breastfeeding mothers

Infant Feeding Practices Study II

Infant age in months N < 10
minutes
10 to 19
minutes
20 to 29
minutes
30 to 39
minutes
40 to 49
minutes
>=50
minutes
Total (%)
Neonatal 2,017 6.2 38.5 31.2 15.5 6.2 2.3 100
2 1,524 7.2 48.4 28.6 11.1 3.5 1.1 100
3 1,370 7.8 52.3 28.4 8.8 2.2 0.6 100
4 1,204 11.2 55.1 24.5 6.5 1.9 0.7 100
5 1,112 13.9 58.5 21.5 4.4 1.2 0.5 100
6 1,000 18.3 58.0 18.8 3.3 1.2 0.4 100
7 885 22.6 59.5 13.6 3.1 0.9 0.3 100
9 774 30.7 55.3 11.0 2.1 0.6 0.3 100
10 641 32.3 55.5 10.0 1.1 0.6 0.5 100
12 441 40.1 48.3 8.8 1.8 0.2 0.7 100

1Table is based on variables: N58, M2A15, M3A15, M4A17, M5A16, M6A16, M7A16, M9A16, MXA17, MWA16