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? FAMILY OR FRIENDS1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 736 204 29.6 25.7-33.7 532 70.4 66.3-74.3
Age
< 25 years 149 28 23.0 15.5-32.7 121 77.0 67.3-84.5
25-34 years 434 121 30.3 25.3-35.7 313 69.7 64.3-74.7
35+ years 153 55 35.4 27.2-44.6 98 64.6 55.4-72.8
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 383 129 34.0 28.6-39.9 254 66.0 60.1-71.4
Non-Hispanic Black 139 30 24.8 17.0-34.7 109 75.2 65.3-83.0
Non-Hispanic Other 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 143 23 15.7 10.2-23.5 120 84.3 76.5-89.8
Education
< High School 88 17 16.7 9.7-27.3 71 83.3 72.7-90.3
High School 148 43 37.4 28.0-47.9 105 62.6 52.1-72.0
> High School 500 144 29.3 24.8-34.2 356 70.7 65.8-75.2
Marital Status
Married 456 144 33.9 28.9-39.2 312 66.1 60.8-71.1
Other 280 60 22.6 17.1-29.4 220 77.4 70.6-82.9
Medicaid recipient
No 387 112 30.5 25.5-36.1 275 69.5 63.9-74.5
Yes 349 92 28.5 22.8-34.8 257 71.5 65.2-77.2
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 255 56 21.6 16.8-27.2 199 78.4 72.8-83.2
2500+ grams 481 148 30.3 26.1-34.8 333 69.7 65.2-73.9

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%.

This page was generated on 06SEP22

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