Chapter 7. Employment and Day Care

Table 7.5. Percent of mothers who usually worked for each number of hours per week during the past 4 weeks by infant age and selected demographics1, among mothers who worked during these periods

Infant Feeding Practices Study II

  Month 3 Month 6 Month 9 Month 12
1 to 9 hrs/week 17.8 13.6 12.0 11.6
10 to 19 hrs/week 13.4 12.4 12.6 11.8
20 to 29 hrs/week 15.1 15.4 16.9 18.3
30 to 34 hrs/week 7.4 8.3 9.0 8.1
35 to 40 hrs/week 34.8 34.7 33.4 35.2
>40 hrs/week 11.6 15.6 16.2 15.1
Total (%) 100 100 100 100
N 941 979 960 917

1Table is based on variables: M3H8, M6H15, M9H15, MWH15