2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

BREASTFEEDING

Breastfeeding at 8 Weeks After Delivery1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 757 243 34.3 30.2-38.7 514 65.7 61.3-69.8
Age
< 25 years 151 61 46.9 37.2-56.8 90 53.1 43.2-62.8
25-34 years 445 140 32.9 27.7-38.5 305 67.1 61.5-72.3
35+ years 161 42 23.5 16.8-31.8 119 76.5 68.2-83.2
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 391 124 32.8 27.3-38.8 267 67.2 61.2-72.7
Non-Hispanic Black 138 65 43.6 33.9-53.9 73 56.4 46.1-66.1
Non-Hispanic Other 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 157 37 31.6 22.9-41.8 120 68.4 58.2-77.1
Education
< High School 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 157 66 47.6 37.8-57.5 91 52.4 42.5-62.2
> High School 504 137 26.9 22.4-31.8 367 73.1 68.2-77.6
Marital Status
Married 468 108 23.4 19.0-28.4 360 76.6 71.6-81.0
Other 289 135 51.9 44.7-59.1 154 48.1 40.9-55.3
Medicaid recipient
No 399 88 22.5 18.0-27.9 311 77.5 72.1-82.0
Yes 358 155 47.6 41.1-54.2 203 52.4 45.8-58.9
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 264 100 41.2 35.1-47.6 164 58.8 52.4-64.9
2500+ grams 493 143 33.7 29.3-38.4 350 66.3 61.6-70.7

1Data in this table are recoded responses to survey question 56: How many weeks or months did you breastfeed or feed pumped milk to your baby?
2Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50.

*** This estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards.
N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).

The percentages shown are weighted percentages, designed to reflect the entire population of North Carolina women having a live birth.
The overall weighted response rate in 2020 was 45%.

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