2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

BREASTFEEDING

Before or after your new baby was born, did you receive information about breastfeeding from any of the following sources? BABY'S DOCTOR OR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 742 185 24.1 20.6-27.9 557 75.9 72.1-79.4
Age
< 25 years 150 29 19.8 13.1-28.8 121 80.2 71.2-86.9
25-34 years 437 112 25.0 20.5-30.1 325 75.0 69.9-79.5
35+ years 155 44 26.3 19.1-35.0 111 73.7 65.0-80.9
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 383 110 27.8 22.8-33.4 273 72.2 66.6-77.2
Non-Hispanic Black 140 25 14.9 9.2-23.3 115 85.1 76.7-90.8
Non-Hispanic Other 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 148 28 16.8 11.3-24.2 120 83.2 75.8-88.7
Education
< High School 88 21 18.9 11.2-30.2 67 81.1 69.8-88.8
High School 153 33 23.1 15.9-32.3 120 76.9 67.7-84.1
> High School 501 131 25.3 21.0-30.0 370 74.7 70.0-79.0
Marital Status
Married 459 129 27.7 23.2-32.8 330 72.3 67.2-76.8
Other 283 56 18.3 13.4-24.3 227 81.7 75.7-86.6
Medicaid recipient
No 392 115 29.3 24.3-34.8 277 70.7 65.2-75.7
Yes 350 70 18.1 13.7-23.5 280 81.9 76.5-86.3
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 256 63 24.0 19.0-29.9 193 76.0 70.1-81.0
2500+ grams 486 122 24.1 20.3-28.3 364 75.9 71.7-79.7

1Asked of all mothers living with their baby.
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%.

This page was generated on 06SEP22

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