Chapter 3. Infant Feeding

Table 3.90. Percent of mothers of 2-month old infants who felt the pictures showing how to prepare formula had each level of usefulness by selected demographics1, among mothers who looked at these pictures

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  N Not at all
useful
A little
useful
Somewhat
useful
Very
useful
Total (%)
ALL 1,001 7.1 34.0 34.7 24.3 100
Age
18-24 298 6.7 27.2 33.9 32.2 100
25-29 320 5.6 36.9 36.6 20.9 100
30-34 248 8.1 37.1 32.3 22.6 100
35+ 134 9.7 36.6 36.6 17.2 100
Parity
Primiparous 310 7.7 34.2 36.1 21.9 100
Multiparous 664 6.9 34.8 34.0 24.2 100
Education
HS or less 251 9.6 27.1 31.9 31.5 100
Some college 393 5.6 35.1 37.2 22.1 100
College graduate 264 7.2 42.8 34.5 15.5 100
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 477 7.8 31.9 30.8 29.6 100
185- < 350% 338 6.5 38.2 35.8 19.5 100
>=350% 186 6.5 31.7 42.5 19.4 100
WIC Participant
No 496 6.3 38.9 36.3 18.5 100
Yes 505 7.9 29.1 33.1 29.9 100
Race
White 798 7.3 36.5 34.7 21.6 100
Black 56 7.1 17.9 26.8 48.2 100
Hispanic 73 8.2 32.9 31.5 27.4 100
Region
Northeast 167 8.4 39.5 29.9 22.2 100
Midwest 302 7.9 35.8 35.8 20.5 100
South 362 6.4 29.6 34.8 29.3 100
West 170 5.9 34.7 37.1 22.4 100

1Table is based on variables: M2E10