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Table 2 Method of infant feeding at discharge by socio-economic group, for one year's birth cohort in Huddersfield

From: Learning from a Rapid Health Impact Assessment of a proposed maternity service reconfiguration in the English NHS

Socio-economic group

% Breastfeeding (including mixed)

% Bottle feeding

Feeding status unknown

Affluent

69.7

15.1

15.1

Better off

68.6

12.1

19.3

Average

63.8

22.1

14.1

Poor

58.7

30.7

10.7

Deprived

52.9

34.4

12.7