Table 1.
Mothers’ Recall of Their Child’s Health Care Provider Talking About When to Introduce Solid Foodsa and Recommending Introduction Before 6 mo of Age,b National Survey of Family Growth, US, 2017–2019
| Mothersa Recalling Health Care Provider’s Discussion of Solid Food Introduction |
Mothersb Recalling Health Care Provider’s Recommendation of Solid Food Introduction Before 6 mo of Age |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | n (%) | Weighted Percentage (95% CI) |
aORc(95% CI) | n (%) | Weighted Percentage (95% CI) |
aORd (95% CI) |
| Total sample | 1,302 | 91.4 (89.1–93.8) | 1,184 | 36.9 (32.3–41.4) | ||
| Maternal age at delivery (y) | ||||||
| ≤ 25 | 443 (27.6) | 92.1 (89.6–94.6) | 1.3 (0.6–2.8) | 400 (27.8) | 32.2 (24.8–39.5) | 0.8 (0.5–1.3) |
| 26–30 | 397 (32.6) | 90.3 (85.7–94.8) | 0.9 (0.5–1.5) | 364 (32.2) | 36.2 (27.2–45.1) | 0.9 (0.5–1.4) |
| ≥ 31 | 462 (39.8) | 91.9 (88.7–95.2) | Reference | 420 (40.0) | 40.7 (34.0–47.5) | Reference |
| Maternal educatione | ||||||
| ≤ High school | 610 (38.9) | 88.7 (84.8–92.6) | 0.6* (0.4–0.9) | 545 (37.7) | 31.4 (24.0–38.9) | 1.1 (0.6–1.7) |
| Some college or above | 692 (61.1) | 93.2 (90.4–95.9) | Reference | 639 (62.3) | 40.2 (34.7–45.7) | Reference |
| Maternal race/ethnicitye | ||||||
| Hispanic | 431 (25.3) | 91.4 (86.2–96.5) | 1.7 (0.9–3.2) | 399 (25.3) | 22.2 (15.6–28.7) | 0.3* (0.2–0.5) |
| Multiple or non-Hispanic other race | 106 (8.7) | 95.4 (90.8–100.0) | 2.2 (0.7–7.6) | 100 (9.1) | 31.6 (17.6–45.7) | 0.5* (0.3–0.9) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 266 (14.8) | 92.7 (89.0–96.4) | 1.7 (0.9–3.3) | 240 (15.0) | 25.8 (17.7–33.9) | 0.4* (0.2–0.7) |
| Non-Hispanic White | 499 (51.2) | 90.4 (86.8–94.0) | Reference | 445 (50.7) | 48.4 (42.4–54.5) | Reference |
| Paritye | ||||||
| Single lifetime birth | 383 (32.2) | 93.1 (88.4–97.8) | 1.2 (0.5–3.1) | 361 (32.8) | 40.4 (33.4–47.5) | 1.2 (0.8–1.8) |
| Multiple lifetime births | 919 (67.8) | 90.6 (88.0–93.2) | Reference | 823 (67.2) | 35.1 (29.8–40.5) | Reference |
| Household income,e % FPL | ||||||
| ≤ 75% | 316 (17.7) | 86.7 (80.4–93.0) | 0.5 (0.3–1.0) | 277 (16.7) | 25.2 (16.3–34.1) | 0.6 (0.4–1.1) |
| 76% to 185% | 437 (32.2) | 91.7 (88.0–95.4) | 0.9 (0.5–1.8) | 395 (32.3) | 32.7 (25.1–40.3) | 0.8 (0.5–1.3) |
| > 185% | 549 (50.2) | 93.0 (89.5–96.4) | Reference | 512 (51.0) | 43.4 (37.6–49.2) | Reference |
| Child age (mo)e | ||||||
| 6–11 | 138 (10.9) | 89.9 (82.9–96.8) | 0.7 (0.3–1.5) | 123 (10.7) | 50.7 (36.1–65.4) | 2.7* (1.3–5.7) |
| 12–23 | 345 (27.0) | 92.2 (87.8–96.5) | 0.9 (0.4–1.9) | 317 (27.2) | 37.5 (28.2–46.9) | 1.3 (0.8–2.3) |
| 24–35 | 288 (19.1) | 92.4 (88.2–96.6) | 0.8 (0.4–1.9) | 266 (19.3) | 31.8 (23.2–40.3) | 1.0 (0.6–1.9) |
| 36–47 | 284 (23.0) | 88.7 (82.7–94.7) | 0.5 (0.2–1.3) | 252 (22.3) | 38.4 (29.1–47.6) | 1.5 (0.8–2.7) |
| 48–71 | 247 (20.0) | 93.6 (89.9–97.3) | Reference | 226 (20.5) | 31.9 (22.9–40.9) | Reference |
aOR indicates adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; FPL, federal poverty level.
Denominator includes mothers reporting information about their youngest child aged 6 mo to 5 y who lives with them
Denominator is mothers in our analytic sample recall discussing when to introduce solid foods with their health care provider (n = 1,184). Numerator combines mothers who recall their health care provider recommending introduction before 4 mo or at 4–5 mo of age
Odds of mother recalling health care provider talking about solid food introduction after adjusting for all other covariates in this table
Odds of mother recalling health care provider recommending the introduction of solid foods before 6 mo of age after adjusting for all other covariates in this table
Variable reflects information captured at the time of the interview
Statistical significance based on 95% CI. Calculated using multivariable logistic regression after adjusting for all covariates included in this table.