2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

BREASTFEEDING

What were your reasons for not breastfeeding your new baby? I DID NOT WANT TO 1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 93 54 54.4 41.8-66.4 39 45.6 33.6-58.2
Age
< 25 years 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
25-34 years 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35+ years 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Education
< High School 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
> High School 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Marital Status
Married 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Medicaid recipient
No 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Yes 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2500+ grams 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***

1Asked only of mothers that did not breastfeed their baby after delivery. Mothers could cite more than one reason for not breastfeeding their new 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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