Chapter 3. Infant Feeding

Table 3.33. Percent of mothers who used iodized salt for the baby's food by infant age and selected demographics1, among mothers who added salt to their baby's food in the past 2 weeks

Infant Feeding Practices Study II
  Month 9 Month 10 Month 12
  N Yes No Total
(%)		 N Yes No Total
(%)		 N Yes No Total
(%)
ALL 257 65.0 35.0 100 467 69.6 30.4 100 668 73.7 26.3 100
Age
18-24 55 61.8 38.2 100 98 69.4 30.6 100 118 74.6 25.4 100
25-29 90 71.1 28.9 100 159 74.2 25.8 100 239 70.7 29.3 100
30-34 70 55.7 44.3 100 137 61.3 38.7 100 183 73.2 26.8 100
35+ 42 71.4 28.6 100 73 75.3 24.7 100 128 78.9 21.1 100
Parity
Primiparous 66 57.6 42.4 100 126 68.3 31.7 100 180 70.6 29.4 100
Multiparous 184 66.8 33.2 100 333 69.7 30.3 100 478 74.5 25.5 100
Education
HS or less 55 74.5 25.5 100 90 67.8 32.2 100 120 71.7 28.3 100
Some college 96 60.4 39.6 100 153 69.3 30.7 100 214 75.7 24.3 100
College graduate 87 63.2 36.8 100 199 69.8 30.2 100 305 71.8 28.2 100
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 125 68.0 32.0 100 200 71.0 29.0 100 261 74.7 25.3 100
185- < 350% 84 64.3 35.7 100 170 68.2 31.8 100 261 72.8 27.2 100
>=350% 48 58.3 41.7 100 97 69.1 30.9 100 146 73.3 26.7 100
WIC Participant
No 142 58.5 41.5 100 285 69.1 30.9 100 436 71.6 28.4 100
Yes 115 73.0 27.0 100 182 70.3 29.7 100 232 77.6 22.4 100
Race
White 203 65.5 34.5 100 379 70.4 29.6 100 541 73.6 26.4 100
Black 11 54.5 45.5 100 21 52.4 47.6 100 26 53.8 46.2 100
Hispanic 18 66.7 33.3 100 30 70.0 30.0 100 41 82.9 17.1 100
Region
Northeast 36 58.3 41.7 100 66 60.6 39.4 100 107 71.0 29.0 100
Midwest 63 69.8 30.2 100 133 74.4 25.6 100 200 73.5 26.5 100
South 102 66.7 33.3 100 172 73.8 26.2 100 229 74.7 25.3 100
West 56 60.7 39.3 100 96 61.5 38.5 100 132 74.2 25.8 100

1Table is based on variables: M9A27, MXA29, MWA26