Chapter 3. Infant Feeding

Table 3.48. Percent of babies who were fed formula either by mother or anyone else in the past 2 weeks by infant age and selected demographics1, among babies who were breastfed

Infant Feeding Practices Study II
  Month 2 Month 5 Month 7
  N % N % N %
ALL 1,474 40.4 1,076 35.9 817 34.3
Age
18-24 225 49.8 127 40.9 87 32.2
25-29 538 35.3 387 29.5 292 25.7
30-34 446 39.7 349 38.4 271 38.4
35+ 265 44.2 213 40.4 167 43.7
Parity
Primiparous 390 43.3 260 39.6 196 36.2
Multiparous 1,064 39.0 806 34.5 617 33.5
Education
HS or less 188 47.3 132 38.6 92 35.9
Some college 530 43.8 355 35.8 258 32.2
College graduate 693 34.8 558 34.4 446 35.0
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 514 41.8 370 34.1 284 32.0
185- < 350% 576 39.2 433 35.3 322 34.5
>=350% 384 40.4 273 39.2 211 37.0
WIC Participant
No 1,036 36.9 789 34.5 607 34.9
Yes 438 48.9 287 39.7 210 32.4
Race
White 1,239 38.4 935 34.3 712 32.4
Black 49 53.1 21 61.9 18 44.4
Hispanic 89 52.8 44 47.7 34 52.9
Region
Northeast 245 46.9 187 37.4 149 34.9
Midwest 425 37.2 314 33.8 233 30.0
South 436 42.9 304 40.8 221 38.5
West 368 37.0 271 31.7 214 34.1

1Table is based on variables: M2D12, M5D11, M7D11