Chapter 3. Infant Feeding

Table 3.53. Percent of mothers who used each number of breast pumps by infant age and selected demographics1, among mothers who used a pump at each age

Infant Feeding Practices Study II

  Number of
pumps used at months 0-2
Number of
pumps used at months 3-5
Number of
pumps used at months 6-7
  N 1 2 3 >=4 N 1 2 3 >=4 N 1 2 3 >=4
ALL 1,740 66.5 27.5 4.1 1.8 940 75.4 20.3 3.3 1.0 579 83.1 15.4 1.2 0.3
Age
18-24 343 64.1 26.2 7.0 2.6 108 69.4 24.1 5.6 0.9 59 78.0 20.3 0.0 1.7
25-29 631 65.6 28.7 4.1 1.6 358 73.7 20.7 3.9 1.7 209 83.7 15.8 0.5 0.0
30-34 482 68.7 27.0 2.7 1.7 298 78.5 18.5 2.3 0.7 194 82.5 14.4 2.6 0.5
35+ 283 67.5 27.6 3.2 1.8 176 77.3 20.5 2.3 0.0 117 85.5 13.7 0.9 0.0
Parity
Primiparous 568 59.0 32.4 7.2 1.4 270 70.7 23.3 4.4 1.5 178 82.0 16.3 1.1 0.6
Multiparous 1,140 70.6 24.6 2.6 2.1 659 77.4 19.1 2.7 0.8 393 83.7 14.8 1.3 0.3
Education
HS or less 262 65.6 27.9 3.8 2.7 94 78.7 16.0 5.3 0.0 49 89.8 8.2 2.0 0.0
Some college 647 68.0 26.7 4.0 1.2 309 72.5 22.0 3.6 1.9 168 83.3 15.5 0.6 0.6
College graduate 737 66.2 27.7 4.2 1.9 511 77.7 19.4 2.3 0.6 350 82.6 15.7 1.4 0.3
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 611 67.3 25.0 4.9 2.8 287 77.0 18.5 3.5 1.0 155 85.8 11.0 2.6 0.6
185- < 350% 647 67.1 27.8 3.7 1.4 366 73.8 22.1 3.0 1.1 233 82.0 17.6 0.4 0.0
>=350% 482 64.7 30.3 3.7 1.2 287 76.0 19.9 3.5 0.7 191 82.2 16.2 1.0 0.5
WIC Participant
No 1,155 68.9 26.8 2.9 1.4 710 76.8 19.6 2.8 0.8 462 82.0 16.5 1.3 0.2
Yes 585 61.7 29.1 6.5 2.7 230 71.3 22.6 4.8 1.3 117 87.2 11.1 0.9 0.9
Race
White 1,448 67.0 27.7 3.9 1.4 821 75.8 20.5 2.8 1.0 510 83.1 15.5 1.0 0.4
Black 57 59.6 31.6 3.5 5.3 22 50.0 31.8 13.6 4.5 14 71.4 21.4 7.1 0.0
Hispanic 112 70.5 18.8 4.5 6.3 41 85.4 12.2 2.4 0.0 22 81.8 18.2 0.0 0.0
Region
Northeast 277 67.1 26.4 5.4 1.1 166 77.7 18.7 3.0 0.6 101 83.2 13.9 2.0 1.0
Midwest 527 66.2 29.4 3.8 0.6 276 74.6 21.0 2.5 1.8 170 87.1 11.8 0.6 0.6
South 564 64.0 28.9 4.1 3.0 278 74.5 20.5 4.3 0.7 169 78.7 20.1 1.2 0.0
West 372 70.2 23.7 3.8 2.4 220 75.9 20.5 3.2 0.5 139 83.5 15.1 1.4 0.0

1Table is based on variables: M2D17, M5D16, M7D16