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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Pediatr. 2018 Sep 21;19(1):80–89. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2018.09.007

Table 3.

Infant Feeding Behaviors at Discharge and 2 months of Age by Household Food Security Status.

Characteristics Combined
(n= 842)
Food
Secure
(n = 465)
Food
Insecure
(n = 377)
p-value
Infant feeding at time of hospital discharge
 Breast milk only (%) 40 43 35 0.05a
 Formula only 22 22 23
 Both breast milk and formula 38 35 42
Infant feeding at 2 months, % any breast milk 55% 54% 56% 0.60a
Volume of formula fed each feed at 2 months (oz.) 4 (1.3) 4 (1.3) 3.9(1.3) 0.18 b
Early Solid food introduction , % yes 6.7 % 7.5 % 5.8 0.33 a
a

Pearson Chi-Square test

b

student t-test