Table 2.
Mothers’a Recall of Early Feeding Guidance Topics Discussed at Health Care Visits by Select Demographic Characteristics (n = 1,302), National Survey of Family Growth, US, 2017–2019
| Characteristics | n | Offering Foods With Many Different Tastes and Textures |
Not Forcing a Child to Finish Food or Bottles, Even if Not Interested or Didn’t Have Much |
Offering a Variety of Fruits and Vegetables |
Limiting Foods and Drinks With Added Sugar (eg, Candy, Cookies, Soda, Juice) |
Limiting Eating Meals in Front of Television or Other Electronic Devices |
None of These Topics |
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| Weighted % (95% CI) | |||||||||||||
| Total n | 1,302 | 76.6 (73.5–79.8) 955 | 59.5 (55.6–63.4) | 84.7 (81.6–87.8) | 76.5 (72.8–80.3) | 42.9 (38.3–47.4) | 7.1 (5.4–8.9) | ||||||
| n | Weighted % (95% CI) |
aORb (95% CI) |
Weighted % (95% CI) |
aORb (95% CI) |
Weighted % (95% CI) |
aORb (95% CI) |
Weighted % (95% CI) |
aORb (95% CI) |
Weighted % (95% CI) |
aORb (95% CI) |
Weighted % (95% CI) |
aORb (95% CI) |
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| Maternal age at delivery (y) | |||||||||||||
| ≤ 25 | 443 | 68.7 (61.2–76.1) | 0.6 (0.4–1.0) | 59.9 (53.3–66.6) | 0.9 (0.6–1.3) | 83.4 (79.4–87.4) | 0.7 (0.5–1.2) | 74.1 (68.5–79.6) | 0.6* (0.4–0.9) | 42.7 (35.8–49.6) | 1.0 (0.7–1.5) | 6.9 (4.2–9.5) | 0.9 (0.5–1.7) |
| 26–30 | 397 | 78.4 (73.2–83.6) | 0.9 (0.6–1.5) | 55.6 (48.9–62.3) | 0.8 (0.5–1.1) | 81.9 (76.6–87.3) | 0.6 (0.4–1.0) | 72.6 (66.1–79.1) | 0.6* (0.4–0.9) | 42.4 (35.5–49.2) | 1.0 (0.6–1.5) | 7.0 (4.0–10.1) | 0.9 (0.5–1.6) |
| ≥ 31 | 462 | 80.7 (76.1–85.4) | Reference | 62.4 (56.2–68.7) | Reference | 87.9 (83.9–91.9) | Reference | 81.5 (76.6–86.4) | Reference | 43.4 (35.4–51.3) | Reference | 7.4 (4.8–10.1) | Reference |
| Maternal educationc | |||||||||||||
| ≤ High school | 610 | 70.9 (64.8–77.0) | 0.8 (0.5–1.2) | 58.4 (53.2–63.5) | 1.1 (0.7–1.5) | 79.4 (74.6–84.3) | 0.7 (0.5–1.0) | 74.3 (69.0–79.6) | 1.0 (0.7–1.4) | 41.7 (35.6–47.7) | 0.9 (0.6–1.3) | 9.2 (6.6–11.8) | 1.6 (1.0–2.7) |
| Some college or above | 692 | 80.3 (76.3–84.3) | Reference | 60.3 (54.7–65.8) | Reference | 88.0 (85.2–90.9) | Reference | 77.9 (73.4–82.5) | Reference | 43.6 (38.2–49.0) | Reference | 5.8 (3.7–8.0) | Reference |
| Maternal race/ethnicityc | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 431 | 70.9 (65.5–76.2) | 0.8 (0.5–1.2) | 52.6 (45.3–59.9) | 0.7 (0.5–1.1) | 76.5 (70.8–82.2) | 0.6* (0.4–0.9) | 68.5 (62.3–74.8) | 0.6* (0.4–0.9) | 38.0 (31.8–44.2) | 0.7 (0.5–1.1) | 7.7 (4.5–11.0) | 0.7 (0.4–1.3) |
| Multiple, Non-Hispanic other | 106 | 82.5 (75.5–89.5) | 1.2 (0.8–2.0) | 67.6 (59.0–76.2) | 1.2 (0.8–1.9) | 90.2 (83.9–96.5) | 1.3 (0.5–3.0) | 71.9 (58.4–85.4) | 0.6 (0.3–1.2) | 31.3 (19.7–42.9) | 0.6 (0.3–1.0) | 4.3 (0.3–8.2) | 0.7 (0.2–1.9) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 266 | 75.9 (68.6–83.3) | 1.0 (0.7–1.6) | 57.9 (47.4–68.3) | 0.9 (0.5–1.4) | 89.1 (83.1–95.2) | 1.5 (0.7–3.1) | 84.3 (78.7–90.0) | 1.5 (0.9–2.6) | 50.5 (42.3–58.7) | 1.2 (0.8–1.9) | 4.6 (1.9–7.2) | 0.5 (0.2–1.0) |
| Non-Hispanic White | 499 | 78.7 (73.9–83.6) | Reference | 62.0 (56.1–67.9) | Reference | 86.6 (82.7–90.5) | Reference | 79.0 (74.0–84.1) | Reference | 45.0 (37.8–52.2) | Reference | 8.1 (5.4–10.8) | Reference |
| Parityc | |||||||||||||
| Single lifetime birth | 383 | 75.1 (69.3–81.0) | 0.9 (0.6–1.4) | 61.3 (52.9–69.8) | 1.1 (0.7–1.8) | 87.9 (83.2–92.7) | 1.4 (0.8–2.6) | 77.4 (71.7–83.2) | 1.2 (0.8–1.9) | 40.0 (31.6–48.3) | 0.9 (0.6–1.3) | 4.3 (2.0–6.7) | 0.5 (0.3–1.0) |
| Multiple lifetime births | 919 | 77.4 (74.0–80.7) | Reference | 58.7 (54.5–62.8) | Reference | 83.2 (79.6–86.8) | Reference | 76.1 (71.8–80.4) | Reference | 44.2 (39.1–49.3) | Reference | 8.5 (6.3–10.7) | Reference |
| Household income,c %FPL | |||||||||||||
| ≤ 75% | 316 | 65.7 (57.4–73.9) | 0.7 (0.4–1.1) | 52.3 (44.4–60.3) | 0.8 (0.5–1.4) | 79.7 (71.6–87.8) | 0.9 (0.5–1.6) | 75.4 (69.0–81.8) | 1.2 (0.7–2.0) | 38.8 (32.4–45.2) | 1.0 (0.6–1.6) | 8.9 (4.4–13.4) | 1.3 (0.5–3.2) |
| 76% to 185% | 437 | 76.9 (70.5–83.3) | 1.0 (0.6–1.7) | 62.2 (55.2–69.2) | 1.2 (0.8–1.8) | 82.6 (77.2–88.0) | 1.0 (0.6–1.6) | 74.6 (68.3–80.9) | 1.1 (0.7–1.7) | 47.2 (40.3–54.2) | 1.4 (1.0–2.0) | 7.7 (4.4–10.9) | 1.1 (0.6–2.1) |
| > 185% | 549 | 80.3 (75.5–85.2) | Reference | 60.3 (53.8–66.9) | Reference | 87.8 (84.7–91.0) | Reference | 78.2 (73.2–83.2) | Reference | 41.5 (34.9–48.1) | Reference | 6.2 (3.9–8.5) | Reference |
| Child’s age (mo)c | |||||||||||||
| 6–11 | 138 | 66.4 (55.9–76.9) | 0.8 (0.4–1.4) | 53.5 (42.7–64.3) | 0.7 (0.4–1.3) | 76.8 (68.8–84.9) | 0.6 (0.3–1.2) | 56.0 (41.5–70.5) | 0.3* (0.1–0.7) | 38.4 (25.5–51.3) | 0.7 (0.4–1.4) | 15.5 (7.9–23.0) | 1.9 (0.8–4.4) |
| 12–23 | 345 | 76.9 (70.2–83.6) | 1.3 (0.7–2.3) | 61.1 (54.4–67.8) | 1.0 (0.7–1.4) | 85.2 (80.1–90.2) | 1.0 (0.5–1.8) | 75.9 (69.5–82.3) | 0.7 (0.4–1.3) | 42.5 (34.8–50.2) | 0.8 (0.5–1.3) | 5.9 (3.3–8.5) | 0.6 (0.3–1.5) |
| 24–35 | 288 | 78.3 (72.6–84.0) | 1.4 (0.8–2.5) | 58.6 (52.1–65.2) | 0.9 (0.6–1.3) | 85.9 (80.3–91.6) | 1.1 (0.6–1.9) | 80.3 (73.5–87.2) | 1.0 (0.6–1.8) | 41.6 (32.5–50.7) | 0.8 (0.5–1.4) | 6.2 (2.6–9.9) | 0.7 (0.3–1.5) |
| 36–47 | 284 | 82.3 (76.2–88.4) | 1.7 (0.9–3.2) | 59.0 (50.4–67.7) | 0.9 (0.5–1.5) | 85.5 (79.9–91.1) | 1.0 (0.5–1.9) | 79.4 (72.7–86.1) | 0.9 (0.5–1.8) | 42.6 (34.8–50.5) | 0.9 (0.5–1.4) | 3.9 (1.3–6.4) | 0.7 (0.3–1.7) |
| 48–71 | 247 | 73.7 (65.5–81.9) | Reference | 62.1 (53.7–70.4) | Reference | 86.3 (80.4–92.2) | Reference | 81.8 (73.8–89.7) | Reference | 47.2 (37.8–56.7) | Reference | 8.9 (3.4–14.4) | Reference |
aOR indicates adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; FPL, federal poverty level.
a
Denominator includes mothers reporting information about their youngest child aged 6 mo to 5 y who lives with them
b
aOR: odds of mother recalling this feeding topic after adjusting for all other sociodemographic variables in this table
c
Variable reflects information captured at the time of interview
*
Statistical significance based on 95% CI; calculated using multivariable logistic regression after adjusting for all covariates included in this table.