Table 2.

Maternal characteristics of breastfeeding initiation and breastfeeding for at least 4 weeks

	Breastfeeding initiation No. (Weighted %)		Breastfeeding for at least 4 weeks No. (Weighted %)
	2000 (N=30899)	2008 (N=36512)	2000 (N=30209)	2008 (N=35655)
Maternal race/ethnicity
White	17236 (71.2)	19484 (78.6)	16915 (58.8)	19119 (65.7)
Hispanic	3851 (82.7)	5538 (87.1)	3717 (66.4)	5318 (74.2)
Black	5586 (47.9)	6004 (61.9)	5491 (34.3)	5865 (46.2)
Other	4226 (80.1)	5486 (86.4)	4086 (68.3)	5353 (75.9)
Maternal education
0–11 years	6136 (57.1)	6349 (65.7)	5993 (40.8)	6162 (49.9)
12 years	10919 (60.1)	10616 (70.2)	10677 (45.5)	10377 (53.3)
13–15 years	7038 (73.8)	8941 (80.6)	6880 (59.9)	8725 (66.6)
16+ years	6806 (86.5)	10606 (89.6)	6659 (78.4)	10391 (82.0)
Maternal age
<17–19 years	4757 (57.0)	3687 (63.6)	4659 (36.3)	3607 (39.0)
20–24 years	8280 (63.4)	8781 (72.8)	8113 (47.8)	8580 (55.4)
25–29 years	8108 (71.9)	10225 (80.5)	7926 (60.0)	9967 (68.8)
30–34 years	6137 (76.5)	8097 (83.5)	5986 (66.8)	7907 (74.8)
35+ years	3617 (76.3)	5722 (81.9)	3525 (67.8)	5594 (73.2)