TABLE 1 Initiation of Breastfeeding by Maternal Characteristic Among WIC Participants Using PNSS and PRAMS: Georgia Characteristic PNSS PRAMS WIC Sample 1992 (n = 29 347) 1996 (n = 36 352) Percent Change 1993 (*n = 914) % (SE) 1996 (*n = 884) % (SE) Percent Change Age (y)  19 19.1 28.8 50.8 24.1 (3.8) 34.0 (4.4) 41.1 20-24 31.7 37.8 19.2 38.5 (3.7) 41.7 (3.9) 8.3 25-29 39.5 44.1 11.6 33.8 (4.9) 47.4 (5.5) 40.2 30+ 45.1 44.1 2.2 38.8 (5.9) 46.3 (6.9) 19.3 Education Less than high school 25.9 30.1 16.2 24.3 (3.5) 32.8 (4.3) 35.0 High school 30.0 36.6 22.0 33.8 (3.2) 41.4 (3.6) 22.4 More than high school 61.5 54.5 11.4 54.9 (5.0) 59.3 (4.4) 8.0 Marital status Married 41.8 48.1 15.1 40.9 (3.7) 58.9 (3.9) 44.0 Not married 25.4 30.5 20.1 28.6 (2.6) 29.6 (2.7) 3.5 Parity First child 36.4 (3.3) 42.3 (3.2) 16.2 >1 child 34.8 (4.3) 45.7 (5.1) 31.3 Maternal race Black 20.8 27.9 34.1 31.2 (2.3) 37.5 (2.4) 20.3 Hispanic 60.9 65.8 8.0 Other 47.7 51.0 6.9 97.9 (2.2) 98.0 (1.2) .1 White 40.2 42.7 6.2 35.3 (3.8) 37.8 (4.2) 7.1 Total 31.6 39.5 25.0 33.6 (2.2) 42.1 (2.4) 25.3 Percent change was calculated using the formula ([% 1992  % 1996]/% 1992)*100 for the PNSS data (for PRAMS the base-year was 1993). * Unweighted sample sizes. Sample size <25.

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