2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

BREASTFEEDING

About things that may have happened at the hospital where new baby was born: MY BABY STAYED IN THE SAME ROOM WITH ME AT THE HOSPITAL1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 676 132 9.7 7.5-12.4 544 90.3 87.6-92.5
Age
< 25 years 134 24 6.1 3.2-11.5 110 93.9 88.5-96.8
25-34 years 398 81 11.7 8.5-15.9 317 88.3 84.1-91.5
35+ years 144 27 7.2 4.3-11.6 117 92.8 88.4-95.7
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 347 68 10.4 7.3-14.7 279 89.6 85.3-92.7
Non-Hispanic Black 116 22 9.8 5.4-16.9 94 90.2 83.1-94.6
Non-Hispanic Other 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 147 26 7.6 3.9-14.2 121 92.4 85.8-96.1
Education
< High School 81 12 6.6 2.5-16.0 69 93.4 84.0-97.5
High School 134 28 11.7 6.6-20.0 106 88.3 80.0-93.4
> High School 461 92 9.6 7.1-12.9 369 90.4 87.1-92.9
Marital Status
Married 428 84 9.3 6.7-12.8 344 90.7 87.2-93.3
Other 248 48 10.4 6.8-15.6 200 89.6 84.4-93.2
Medicaid recipient
No 373 69 8.6 6.0-12.2 304 91.4 87.8-94.0
Yes 303 63 11.0 7.6-15.8 240 89.0 84.2-92.4
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 228 107 45.4 38.8-52.3 121 54.6 47.7-61.2
2500+ grams 448 25 6.6 4.4- 9.7 423 93.4 90.3-95.6

1Asked only of mothers that delivered at a hospital
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%.

This page was generated on 06SEP22

Contact Us | Site Map | Terms of Use