Chapter 3. Infant Feeding

Table 3.66. Percent of mothers who stopped using the breast pump that injured them or that they had trouble with by infant age and selected demographics1, among mothers who had any problems with a pump they used at each age

Infant Feeding Practices Study II

  Months 0-2 Months 3-5 Months 6-7
  N Stopped completely Stopped,
except for
special situations
N Stopped completely Stopped,
except for
special situations
N Stopped completely Stopped,
except for
special situations
ALL 856 28.7 7.6 399 13.5 10.3 209 11.0 5.7
Age
18-24 200 39.5 7.5 55 14.5 14.5 27 3.7 11.1
25-29 295 23.7 7.1 153 15.7 11.8 78 12.8 5.1
30-34 221 24.4 7.2 122 10.7 7.4 63 12.7 6.3
35+ 140 30.7 9.3 69 13.0 8.7 41 9.8 2.4
Parity
Primiparous 317 34.4 6.0 130 18.5 7.7 73 11.0 4.1
Multiparous 524 25.2 8.2 265 11.3 11.3 135 11.1 5.9
Education
HS or less 146 34.9 6.2 33 27.3 24.2 12 25.0 0.0
Some college 304 33.6 7.2 137 13.1 10.2 44 18.2 11.4
College graduate 357 22.1 8.4 218 10.6 7.3 148 6.8 4.1
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 314 35.0 9.2 129 14.0 13.2 62 9.7 8.1
185- < 350% 320 24.4 6.3 156 12.8 12.2 83 15.7 7.2
>=350% 222 26.1 7.2 114 14.0 4.4 64 6.3 1.6
WIC Participant
No 548 23.4 6.9 294 11.9 8.2 164 7.9 6.1
Yes 308 38.3 8.8 105 18.1 16.2 45 22.2 4.4
Race
White 707 28.6 7.2 356 13.2 10.7 185 10.8 5.9
Black 28 53.6 3.6 8 37.5 25.0 5 40.0 0.0
Hispanic 54 31.5 7.4 15 0.0 0.0 6 0.0 0.0
Region
Northeast 124 29.0 5.6 77 6.5 11.7 38 5.3 2.6
Midwest 254 32.7 5.1 111 9.9 11.7 56 14.3 3.6
South 296 27.4 9.8 113 17.7 10.6 58 8.6 5.2
West 182 25.3 8.8 98 18.4 7.1 57 14.0 10.5

1Table is based on variables: M2D30, M5D29, M7D29