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? MOM'S DOCTOR1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 749 141 17.2 14.3-20.6 608 82.8 79.4-85.7
Age
< 25 years 150 21 11.6 6.6-19.4 129 88.4 80.6-93.4
25-34 years 440 87 19.2 15.3-23.9 353 80.8 76.1-84.7
35+ years 159 33 17.3 11.7-24.9 126 82.7 75.1-88.3
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 390 91 21.0 16.8-26.0 299 79.0 74.0-83.2
Non-Hispanic Black 140 14 8.0 4.1-15.2 126 92.0 84.8-95.9
Non-Hispanic Other 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 147 20 11.5 7.0-18.2 127 88.5 81.8-93.0
Education
< High School 88 12 12.0 5.9-23.1 76 88.0 76.9-94.1
High School 155 23 14.2 8.7-22.3 132 85.8 77.7-91.3
> High School 506 106 19.1 15.5-23.3 400 80.9 76.7-84.5
Marital Status
Married 463 101 20.7 16.8-25.3 362 79.3 74.7-83.2
Other 286 40 11.7 7.9-16.9 246 88.3 83.1-92.1
Medicaid recipient
No 395 89 21.8 17.5-26.8 306 78.2 73.2-82.5
Yes 354 52 12.1 8.6-16.7 302 87.9 83.3-91.4
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 257 49 17.5 13.2-22.7 208 82.5 77.3-86.8
2500+ grams 492 92 17.2 14.1-20.9 400 82.8 79.1-85.9

1Asked of all mothers living with their baby.
Breastfeeding questions (Survey question 51 and 54) were new in Phase 8. For more information please visit PRAMS–Annual Questionnaires.
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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