. 2020 Oct 1;17(2):e13093. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13093

TABLE 3.

Percentage of women enrolled in WIC who strongly agreed/agreed with statement on breastfeeding intentions during pregnancy and current feeding practice by maternal race/ethnicity, ^a USDA's Infant and Toddler Feeding Practices Study 2

	Intended to try breastfeeding			Intended to feed only breast milk at 1 month				Intended to feed only breast milk at 3 months
	Total	Met intention	Did not meet intention	Total	Met intention	Did not meet intention		Total	Met intention	Did not meet intention
	Total	Initiated breastfeeding ^b	Did not initiate breastfeeding ^c	Total	Only breast milk ^d	Breast milk and infant formula ^e	Only infant formula ^f	Total	Only breast milk ^d	Breast milk and infant formula ^e	Only infant formula ^f
	n	% (95% confidence interval)		n	% (95% confidence interval) ^g			n	% (95% confidence interval)
Total	1877	90.6 (88.3, 92.5)	9.4 (7.5, 11.7)	1226	45.2 (41.1, 49.5)	34.8 (31.6, 38.2)	19.9 (17.3, 22.9)	1035	32.9 (28.2, 38.0)	24.9 (20.9, 29.3)	42.2 (38.0, 46.5)
Non‐Hispanic White	571	84.4 (79.3, 88.5)	15.6 (11.5, 20.7)	352	55.9 (48.2, 63.3)	22.1 (17.7, 27.2)	22.0 (16.1, 29.3)	301	44.9 (37.3, 52.9)	12.4 (9.2, 16.6)	42.6 (34.9, 50.7)
Non‐Hispanic Black	382	85.4 (80.7, 89.1)	14.6 (10.9, 19.3)	205	41.5 (34.7, 48.6) ^*	39.7 (34.3, 45.3) ^*	18.9 (13.1, 26.4)	175	26.4 (18.7, 35.8) ^*	26.9 (20.0, 35.2) ^*	46.7 (38.9, 54.8)
Hispanic	816	95.3 (93.6, 96.6) ^* ^, ^**	4.7 (3.4, 6.4) ^* ^, ^**	589	42.2 (37.5, 47.0) ^*	38.4 (34.1, 42.9) ^*	19.5 (16.1, 23.3)	487	28.4 (22.8, 34.8) ^*	29.1 (23.0, 36.1) ^*	42.5 (36.6, 48.7)

Abbreviations: USDA, United States Department of Agriculture; WIC, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.

^{^a}

Race/ethnicity subanalyses are restricted to women who are non‐Hispanic White, non‐Hispanic Black or Hispanic.

^{^b}

Defined as a mother indicating any breast milk consumption in a series of questions that assessed the first thing fed, feeding in the hospital, current feeding practices and feeding from a bottle.

^{^c}

Defined as mother not reporting initiating breastfeeding.

^{^d}

Defined as infant only consuming breast milk at designated month (i.e., Month 1 or 3).

^{^e}

Defined as infant consuming both breast milk and infant formula at designated month (i.e., Month 1 or 3).

^{^f}

Defined as infant consuming infant formula only at designated month (i.e., Month 1 or 3).

^{^g}

Estimates do not include a response of Refused for what child is currently being fed at Month 1 (n = 1).

^{^*}

Indicates statistically significantly different than non‐Hispanic White (t‐test, P < 0.05).

^{^**}

Indicates statistically significantly different than non‐Hispanic Black (t‐test, P < 0.05).