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? BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT GROUP1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 727 475 65.9 61.5-69.9 252 34.1 30.1-38.5
Age
< 25 years 146 78 53.4 43.3-63.3 68 46.6 36.7-56.7
25-34 years 428 288 68.5 62.9-73.5 140 31.5 26.5-37.1
35+ years 153 109 72.5 63.8-79.8 44 27.5 20.2-36.2
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 377 286 74.9 69.3-79.8 91 25.1 20.2-30.7
Non-Hispanic Black 136 72 50.9 40.7-60.9 64 49.1 39.1-59.3
Non-Hispanic Other 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 144 70 51.6 41.7-61.4 74 48.4 38.6-58.3
Education
< High School 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 148 94 65.2 54.9-74.3 54 34.8 25.7-45.1
> High School 493 344 69.3 64.2-73.9 149 30.7 26.1-35.8
Marital Status
Married 452 324 72.6 67.5-77.2 128 27.4 22.8-32.5
Other 275 151 54.7 47.2-62.0 124 45.3 38.0-52.8
Medicaid recipient
No 383 281 75.1 69.8-79.8 102 24.9 20.2-30.2
Yes 344 194 55.2 48.5-61.8 150 44.8 38.2-51.5
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 253 157 61.7 55.2-67.8 96 38.3 32.2-44.8
2500+ grams 474 318 66.2 61.5-70.6 156 33.8 29.4-38.5

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

Contact Us | Site Map | Terms of Use