Chapter 3. Infant Feeding

Table 3.23. Median number of feedings of expressed or pumped breast milk in the past 7 days by infant age and selected demographics1, among babies fed pumped breast milk in the past 7 days

Infant Feeding Practices Study II

  Infant age in month
  Neonatal 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 12
ALL Median 4.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.0
  (n) (1,029) (817) (713) (620) (547) (416) (325) (234) (164) (64)
Age
18-24 Median 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 4.0 5.5 11.0
  (n) (195) (117) (94) (66) (56) (41) (31) (19) (14) (4)
25-29 Median 4.0 3.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 6.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 6.0
  (n) (375) (315) (267) (220) (199) (140) (106) (75) (55) (23)
30-34 Median 3.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 8.0 7.0 3.0
  (n) (283) (232) (224) (208) (187) (154) (117) (87) (65) (21)
35+ Median 4.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 6.0 6.0 7.0 5.0 4.5 4.5
  (n) (175) (153) (128) (126) (105) (81) (71) (53) (30) (16)
Parity
Primiparous Median 4.5 5.0 7.0 9.0 7.0 7.0 10.0 10.0 6.5 5.0
  (n) (374) (289) (246) (201) (181) (140) (110) (84) (64) (25)
Multiparous Median 3.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0
  (n) (632) (518) (458) (413) (361) (270) (212) (149) (100) (39)
Education
HS or less Median 4.0 4.0 5.0 3.0 3.0 7.0 3.0 7.0 4.5 26.0
  (n) (140) (79) (75) (56) (45) (32) (22) (17) (14) (2)
Some college Median 3.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 3.5 4.5 3.0 5.0 7.0
  (n) (378) (272) (215) (184) (161) (110) (82) (58) (36) (11)
College graduate Median 3.0 4.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.0 4.0
  (n) (447) (430) (393) (362) (326) (264) (213) (155) (111) (48)
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% Median 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0
  (n) (341) (232) (191) (164) (135) (100) (69) (47) (41) (17)
185- < 350% Median 3.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.0 4.0
  (n) (379) (305) (268) (234) (219) (167) (134) (93) (55) (21)
>=350% Median 5.0 5.0 7.0 7.5 8.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 6.0 4.5
  (n) (309) (280) (254) (222) (193) (149) (122) (94) (68) (26)
WIC Participant
No Median 4.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 7.0 6.5 6.0 5.0 4.0
  (n) (695) (600) (553) (485) (438) (340) (268) (205) (133) (52)
Yes Median 4.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.0 3.0 5.0 4.5
  (n) (334) (217) (160) (135) (109) (76) (57) (29) (31) (12)
Race
White Median 3.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.0
  (n) (828) (690) (615) (538) (475) (370) (287) (207) (149) (59)
Black Median 4.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 6.5 7.0 14.0 4.0 27.0
  (n) (44) (29) (24) (21) (15) (10) (7) (6) (4) (2)
Hispanic Median 4.0 5.0 4.5 5.0 7.0 6.0 7.0 14.0 27.5 4.0
  (n) (78) (46) (32) (26) (22) (15) (13) (7) (4) (1)
Region
Northeast Median 3.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 4.5 2.0
  (n) (228) (164) (159) (133) (114) (93) (77) (53) (34) (11)
Midwest Median 3.0 4.0 6.0 6.0 5.0 6.0 5.0 5.5 4.5 4.0
  (n) (297) (266) (216) (190) (175) (121) (95) (68) (50) (23)
South Median 4.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.5
  (n) (339) (256) (209) (183) (159) (122) (97) (65) (52) (20)
West Median 4.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 5.5 5.0 5.0 5.5 3.0
  (n) (165) (131) (129) (114) (99) (80) (56) (48) (28) (10)

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