Chapter 3. Infant Feeding

Table 3.38. Percent of mothers who thought various people wanted them to stop breastfeeding1,2, among mothers who completely stopped breastfeeding and pumping milk for their infant in each age group

Infant Feeding Practices Study II

  Month stopped breastfeeding
People who wanted mothers to stop breastfeeding < 1 1-2 3-5 6-8 >=9
Baby's father 7.2 7.7 5.5 7.3 11.8
Your mother 6.3 6.2 4.4 4.2 4.9
Your mother-in-law 2.9 4.5 4.1 1.0 5.7
Your grandmother 1.4 0.9 0.0 0.5 1.1
Another family member 2.0 2.0 1.4 2.6 3.8
A doctor or other health professional 7.0 6.0 3.4 5.2 5.4
Your employer or supervisor 0.3 1.4 3.4 1.0 0.0
N 348 350 292 192 262

1Table is based on variables: M_B7A-G
2Column percentages do not add up to 100% because mothers could choose all that apply