Chapter 4. Infant Health

Table 4.16. Percent of mothers who took their babies to a medical doctor because of problems they had with food by infant age and selected demographics¹among babies who had problems caused by food during these periods Infant Feeding Practices Study II
	Month 0-4				Month 5-9				Month 10-12
	N	Yes	No	Total(%)	N	Yes	No	Total(%)	N	Yes	No	Total(%)
ALL	250	40.0	60.0	100	206	36.4	63.6	100	199	38.2	61.8	100
Age
18-24	55	45.5	54.5	100	34	47.1	52.9	100	21	42.9	57.1	100
25-29	82	41.5	58.5	100	77	31.2	68.8	100	75	44.0	56.0	100
30-34	71	35.2	64.8	100	60	36.7	63.3	100	60	35.0	65.0	100
35+	42	38.1	61.9	100	35	37.1	62.9	100	43	30.2	69.8	100
Parity
Primiparous	89	31.5	68.5	100	62	29.0	71.0	100	62	24.2	75.8	100
Multiparous	158	44.3	55.7	100	141	39.7	60.3	100	131	44.3	55.7	100
Education
HS or less	40	50.0	50.0	100	25	44.0	56.0	100	31	38.7	61.3	100
Some college	86	38.4	61.6	100	68	33.8	66.2	100	61	32.8	67.2	100
College graduate	101	35.6	64.4	100	101	35.6	64.4	100	98	38.8	61.2	100
Income (% of poverty)
< 185%	98	50.0	50.0	100	71	40.8	59.2	100	72	41.7	58.3	100
185- < 350%	86	31.4	68.6	100	77	28.6	71.4	100	73	35.6	64.4	100
>=350%	66	36.4	63.6	100	58	41.4	58.6	100	54	37.0	63.0	100
WIC Participant
No	151	33.1	66.9	100	129	38.0	62.0	100	140	35.7	64.3	100
Yes	99	50.5	49.5	100	77	33.8	66.2	100	59	44.1	55.9	100
Race
White	215	40.0	60.0	100	173	35.3	64.7	100	166	35.5	64.5	100
Black	11	45.5	54.5	100	8	37.5	62.5	100	5	60.0	40.0	100
Hispanic	8	37.5	62.5	100	11	36.4	63.6	100	14	57.1	42.9	100
Region
Northeast	44	36.4	63.6	100	42	42.9	57.1	100	40	45.0	55.0	100
Midwest	74	35.1	64.9	100	57	38.6	61.4	100	49	40.8	59.2	100
South	87	51.7	48.3	100	63	31.7	68.3	100	61	32.8	67.2	100
West	45	28.9	71.1	100	44	34.1	65.9	100	49	36.7	63.3	100
¹Table is based on variables: M4C5, M9C7, MWC7