Chapter 3. Infant Feeding

Table 3.50. Percent of mothers who pumped or tried to pump milk by infant age and selected demographics1, among mothers who breastfed at each age

Infant Feeding Practices Study II

  Months 0-2 Months 3-5 Months 6-7
  N Yes, but didn't
get any milk
Yes, and got milk N Yes, but didn't
get any milk
Yes, and got milk N Yes, but didn't
get any milk
Yes, and got milk
ALL 2,088 3.3 82.5 1,231 1.3 76.2 975 1.1 58.8
Age
18-24 413 5.1 81.6 150 1.3 76.0 108 1.9 57.4
25-29 745 2.7 83.8 453 2.0 77.5 350 0.6 59.1
30-34 585 3.2 81.5 393 1.0 75.6 317 2.2 59.0
35+ 344 2.3 82.3 235 0.4 74.9 200 0.0 58.5
Parity
Primiparous 616 5.2 89.1 308 0.6 88.6 233 0.0 77.3
Multiparous 1,433 2.3 79.7 910 1.4 72.1 734 1.5 52.5
Education
HS or less 327 6.4 76.5 153 3.9 60.8 112 1.8 42.0
Some college 783 2.4 82.8 417 0.5 75.5 310 0.6 54.2
College graduate 862 2.4 84.9 626 1.1 81.0 529 1.3 65.4
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 790 4.3 76.1 423 1.7 67.8 339 1.2 44.8
185- < 350% 773 2.6 83.6 475 1.3 76.6 380 1.3 61.1
>=350% 525 2.7 90.5 333 0.9 86.2 256 0.8 73.8
WIC Participant
No 1,360 2.3 84.6 901 1.1 79.0 726 1.0 63.1
Yes 728 5.1 78.6 330 1.8 68.5 249 1.6 46.2
Race
White 1,731 2.6 83.2 1,064 1.3 77.1 838 1.1 60.0
Black 73 4.1 78.1 28 0.0 85.7 26 3.8 53.8
Hispanic 133 6.8 80.5 55 0.0 72.7 43 0.0 51.2
Region
Northeast 341 5.0 79.2 213 2.3 76.1 174 1.1 58.0
Midwest 607 2.3 86.7 356 0.8 77.5 275 0.7 60.7
South 666 4.1 82.7 356 1.4 78.4 275 1.8 61.5
West 474 2.1 79.1 306 1.0 72.2 251 0.8 54.2

1Table is based on variables: M2D14, M5D13, M7D13