Mothers: feeding intentions for new borns 2010 Kingdom

This statistic displays the share of feeding intentions of mothers of newborns in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2010. According to the results of the survey, 61 percent of mothers intend to breastfeed only.

Share of feeding intentions of mothers to newborns in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2010

Characteristic	Share of individuals
Only breastfeed	61%
Breast and formula feed	14%
Only formula feed	17%
Had not decided	8%

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Release date

November 2012

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2010

Number of respondents

15,722 respondents

Special properties

All Stage one mothers

Method of interview

Questionnaire

Supplementary notes

The Infant Feeding Survey is conducted in the United Kingdom every five years. As such, the latest survey was conducted in 2015, with results expected to be released in 2017.
This statistic is using original data from the Health and Social Care Information Centre and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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