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TABLE 3-2 Percentage of Mothers Breastfeeding Newborn Infants in the Hospital and Infants at 5 or 6 Months of Age in the United States in 1989,a by Ethnic Background and Selected Demographic variablesb
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Total |
White |
Black |
Hispanicc |
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Category |
Newborns |
5–6 mo Infants |
Newborns |
5–6 mo Infants |
Newborns |
5–6 mo Infants |
Newborns |
5–6 mo Infants |
|
All mothers |
52.2 |
19.6 |
58.5 |
22.7 |
23.0 |
7.0 |
48.4 |
15.0 |
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Parity |
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Primiparous |
52.6 |
16.6 |
58.3 |
18.9 |
23.1 |
5.9 |
49.9 |
13.2 |
|
Multiparous |
51.7 |
22.7 |
58.7 |
26.8 |
23.0 |
7.9 |
47.2 |
16.5 |
|
Marital status |
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Married |
59.8 |
24.0 |
61.9 |
25.3 |
35.8 |
12.3 |
55.3 |
18.8 |
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Unmarried |
30.8 |
7.7 |
40.3 |
9.8 |
17.2 |
4.6 |
37.5 |
8.6 |
|
Maternal age |
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<20 yr |
30.2 |
6.2 |
36.8 |
7.2 |
13.5 |
3.6 |
35.3 |
6.9 |
|
20–24 yr |
45.2 |
12.7 |
50.8 |
14.5 |
19.4 |
4.7 |
46.9 |
12.6 |
|
25–29 yr |
58.8 |
22.9 |
63.1 |
25.0 |
29.9 |
9.4 |
56.2 |
19.5 |
|
30–34 yr |
65.5 |
31.4 |
70.1 |
34.8 |
35.4 |
13.6 |
57.6 |
23.4 |
|
≥35 yr |
66.5 |
36.2 |
71.9 |
40.5 |
35.6 |
14.3 |
53.9 |
24.4 |
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Maternal education |
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No college |
42.1 |
13.4 |
48.3 |
15.6 |
17.6 |
5.5 |
42.6 |
12.2 |
|
Colleged |
70.7 |
31.1 |
74.7 |
34.1 |
41.1 |
12.2 |
66.5 |
23.4 |
|
Family income |
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<$7,000 |
28.8 |
7.9 |
36.7 |
9.4 |
14.5 |
4.3 |
35.3 |
10.3 |
|
$7,000–$14,999 |
44.0 |
13.5 |
49.0 |
15.2 |
23.5 |
7.3 |
47.2 |
13.0 |
|
$15,000–-$24,999 |
54.7 |
20.4 |
57.7 |
22.3 |
31.7 |
8.7 |
52.6 |
16.5 |
|
≥$25,000 |
66.3 |
27.6 |
67.8 |
28.7 |
42.8 |
14.5 |
65.4 |
23.0 |
|
Maternal employment |
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Full time |
50.8 |
10.2 |
54.8 |
10.8 |
30.6 |
6.9 |
50.4 |
9.5 |
|
Part time |
59.4 |
23.0 |
63.8 |
25.5 |
26.0 |
6.6 |
59.4 |
17.7 |
|
Not employed |
51.0 |
23.1 |
58.7 |
27.5 |
19.3 |
7.2 |
46.0 |
16.7 |
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U.S. census region |
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New England |
52.2 |
20.3 |
53.2 |
21.4 |
35.6 |
5.0 |
47.6 |
14.9 |
|
Middle Atlantic |
47.4 |
18.4 |
52.4 |
21.8 |
30.6 |
9.7 |
41.4 |
10.8 |
|
East North Central |
47.6 |
18.1 |
53.2 |
20.7 |
21.0 |
7.2 |
46.2 |
12.6 |
|
West North Central |
55.9 |
19.9 |
58.2 |
20.7 |
27.7 |
7.9 |
50.8 |
22.8 |
|
South Atlantic |
43.8 |
14.8 |
53.8 |
18.7 |
19.6 |
5.7 |
48.0 |
13.8 |
|
East South Central |
37.9 |
12.4 |
45.1 |
15.0 |
14.2 |
3.7 |
23.5 |
5.0 |
|
West South Central |
46.0 |
14.7 |
56.2 |
18.4 |
14.5 |
3.8 |
39.2 |
11.4 |
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Mountain |
70.2 |
30.4 |
74.9 |
33.0 |
31.5 |
11.0 |
53.9 |
18.2 |
|
Pacific |
70.3 |
28.7 |
76.7 |
33.4 |
43.9 |
15.0 |
58.5 |
19.7 |
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a Mothers were surveyed when their infants were 6 months of age. They were asked to recall the method of feeding the infant when in the hospital, at age 1 week, at months 1 through 5, and on the day preceding completion of the survey. Numbers in the columns labeled "5–6 mo Infants" are an average of the 5-month and previous day responses. b From A. Ryan, Ross Laboratories, personal communication, 1990. c Hispanic is not exclusive of white or black. d College includes all women who reported completing at least 1 year of college. |
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