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 WHERE TO GET A BREAST PUMP1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 678 169 27.2 23.4-31.4 509 72.8 68.6-76.6
Age
< 25 years 135 29 25.4 17.2-35.8 106 74.6 64.2-82.8
25-34 years 396 103 27.2 22.4-32.7 293 72.8 67.3-77.6
35+ years 147 37 29.4 21.5-38.7 110 70.6 61.3-78.5
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 350 102 32.1 26.6-38.2 248 67.9 61.8-73.4
Non-Hispanic Black 117 19 15.3 8.9-25.0 98 84.7 75.0-91.1
Non-Hispanic Other 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 147 35 26.2 18.6-35.4 112 73.8 64.6-81.4
Education
< High School 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 128 *** *** *** *** *** ***
> High School 469 115 26.3 22.0-31.3 354 73.7 68.7-78.0
Marital Status
Married 433 106 27.3 22.7-32.6 327 72.7 67.4-77.3
Other 245 63 27.0 20.7-34.3 182 73.0 65.7-79.3
Medicaid recipient
No 373 89 24.5 19.8-29.8 284 75.5 70.2-80.2
Yes 305 80 30.6 24.6-37.5 225 69.4 62.5-75.4
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 228 38 16.9 12.4-22.7 190 83.1 77.3-87.6
2500+ grams 450 131 28.1 24.0-32.7 319 71.9 67.3-76.0

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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