Econ 5410 Paper Presentation April 23, 2012 | Page 4

Variable Whites Blacks Mexican Mexican

immigrants Americans

N (sample

number, out

of 3,627) 934 2,043 302 348

Ever breastfed

child 67.8% 45.4% 86.4% 55.9%

Number of

children

breastfed 633 928 261 195

Breastfeeding

duration (months) 5.24 4.44 6.13 3.68

Age (Years) 27.12 24.41 25.91 23.19

High school degree 82.1% 67.5% 27.5% 55.9%

Number of mothers

to obtain HS degree 767 1379 83 195

WIC participation 46.9% 81.1% 84.8% 80.1%

Number of WIC

participants 438 1657 256 279

Data and Figures