Chapter 3. Infant Feeding

Table 3.22. Percent of babies fed expressed or pumped breast milk in the past 7 days by infant age and selected demographics1, among breastfed babies

Infant Feeding Practices Study II

  Infant age in months
  Neonatal 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 12
ALL(n) 2,122 1,584 1,427 1,250 1,148 1,035 914 800 664 444
(%) 48.5 53.8 52.4 52.1 49.0 43.7 36.8 31.6 26.8 16.4
Age
18-24 49.5 51.4 51.2 43.9 45.5 39.3 33.7 25.0 24.3 14.7
25-29 49.6 56.7 53.7 51.6 48.7 41.2 33.9 27.9 24.9 16.9
30-34 46.5 49.5 52.1 54.7 51.1 48.4 40.6 35.6 31.4 17.0
35+ 48.5 57.2 51.3 54.0 48.0 42.7 37.2 34.9 24.0 15.5
Parity
Primiparous 63.9 71.0 70.8 69.1 68.5 61.1 51.9 47.1 42.1 27.3
Multiparous 42.4 47.3 46.1 46.4 42.6 37.9 32.0 26.9 21.8 13.5
Education
HS or less 45.5 44.4 43.0 41.0 32.4 31.1 25.0 20.6 18.7 5.0
Some college 47.8 49.0 46.2 45.0 42.9 35.8 28.7 23.6 19.5 10.5
College graduate 50.1 59.4 58.8 59.9 56.6 51.8 44.1 39.2 32.8 20.8
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 42.1 44.0 40.6 40.6 35.6 32.5 23.5 19.5 20.5 13.1
185- < 350% 47.8 52.6 51.7 51.0 49.3 43.8 37.5 31.3 22.0 13.3
>=350% 59.9 69.0 69.4 68.5 66.1 59.2 53.7 48.5 44.6 27.2
WIC Participant
No 50.1 55.7 56.0 55.2 52.8 46.9 40.5 36.1 29.0 17.4
Yes 45.6 49.4 43.4 43.4 38.1 34.3 25.9 18.3 20.9 13.6
Race
White 47.8 53.7 53.2 52.3 48.6 43.9 37.5 31.6 27.8 17.3
Black 50.6 64.2 53.1 61.8 60.0 54.5 36.4 33.3 22.2 18.2
Hispanic 56.9 51.1 45.3 53.4 46.0 43.5 32.5 30.0 22.2 7.1
Region
Northeast 46.9 53.2 56.2 53.8 49.0 44.6 36.9 35.4 27.0 14.9
Midwest 48.5 60.4 54.7 56.4 52.8 45.4 38.4 32.5 27.1 19.2
South 51.5 56.5 53.4 53.1 51.9 46.3 38.9 32.2 29.6 19.5
West 45.8 43.4 46.3 45.0 41.1 38.3 32.6 27.5 23.2 11.4

1Table is based on variables: N61, M2A17, M3A17, M4A19, M5A18, M6A18, M7A18, M9A18, MXA19, MWA18