Chapter 3. Infant Feeding

Table 3.56. Percent of mothers whose most often used pump was new when the mother got it or began using it by infant age and selected demographics1, among mothers who used a pump at each age

Infant Feeding Practices Study II
  Months 0-2 Months 3-5 Months 6-7
  N % N % N %
ALL 1,741 72.6 938 73.1 579 73.2
Age
18-24 343 78.4 108 79.6 59 79.7
25-29 632 75.0 357 76.8 209 76.6
30-34 482 68.0 297 71.4 194 71.6
35+ 283 67.8 176 64.8 117 66.7
Parity
Primiparous 569 70.5 270 72.2 178 69.7
Multiparous 1,140 73.7 657 73.8 393 74.8
Education
HS or less 262 76.7 94 81.9 49 71.4
Some college 647 72.0 309 69.9 168 70.8
College graduate 738 71.7 509 73.9 350 74.9
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 611 74.5 286 73.4 155 72.3
185- < 350% 647 73.6 365 73.7 233 73.4
>=350% 483 68.9 287 72.1 191 73.8
WIC Participant
No 1,155 71.3 709 72.8 462 72.3
Yes 586 75.3 229 74.2 117 76.9
Race
White 1,449 71.3 820 72.0 510 72.2
Black 57 84.2 22 81.8 14 85.7
Hispanic 112 83.0 41 82.9 22 86.4
Region
Northeast 278 77.0 166 75.3 101 78.2
Midwest 527 72.1 275 75.6 170 74.1
South 564 72.7 277 71.1 169 71.6
West 372 69.9 220 70.9 139 70.5

1Table is based on variables: M2D20, M5D19, M7D19