2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

BREASTFEEDING

After your new baby was born, what kind(s) of help with breastfeeding did you receive? INFORMATION ABOUT BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT GROUPS1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 671 262 40.2 35.8-44.8 409 59.8 55.2-64.2
Age
< 25 years 132 *** *** *** *** *** ***
25-34 years 392 154 39.5 33.9-45.4 238 60.5 54.6-66.1
35+ years 147 57 41.7 32.9-51.1 90 58.3 48.9-67.1
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 349 145 42.1 36.1-48.3 204 57.9 51.7-63.9
Non-Hispanic Black 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 144 50 38.3 29.1-48.4 94 61.7 51.6-70.9
Education
< High School 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 127 *** *** *** *** *** ***
> High School 466 184 39.6 34.5-44.9 282 60.4 55.1-65.5
Marital Status
Married 431 172 39.8 34.6-45.4 259 60.2 54.6-65.4
Other 240 90 40.9 33.3-48.9 150 59.1 51.1-66.7
Medicaid recipient
No 370 138 37.0 31.5-42.8 232 63.0 57.2-68.5
Yes 301 124 44.3 37.4-51.5 177 55.7 48.5-62.6
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 228 79 33.7 27.6-40.3 149 66.3 59.7-72.4
2500+ grams 443 183 40.8 36.1-45.7 260 59.2 54.3-63.9

1Asked only of mothers that breastfed their baby after delivery.
Breastfeeding questions (Survey question 51 and 54) were new in Phase 8.
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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