Chapter 7. Employment and Day Care

Table 7.9. Percent of mothers indicating each level of breastfeeding support from their place of employment1, among mothers who worked during the past 4 weeks

Infant Feeding Practices Study II

  Month 3 Month 6 Month 9 Month 12
Not at all supportive 8.0 8.0 10.0 8.6
Not too supportive 11.3 12.3 10.5 12.5
Somewhat supportive 30.6 31.9 31.3 32.4
Very supportive 50.1 47.8 48.2 46.6
Total (%) 100 100 100 100
N 902 927 913 865

1Table is based on variables: M3H12, M6H18, M9H19, MWH18