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 HOTLINE OR TOLL-FREE NUMBER1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 721 672 93.2 90.6-95.1 49 6.8 4.9- 9.4
Age
< 25 years 146 131 88.0 79.4-93.4 15 12.0 6.6-20.6
25-34 years 423 398 94.5 91.6-96.5 25 5.5 3.5- 8.4
35+ years 152 143 94.9 89.4-97.6 *** *** ***
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 373 359 95.2 91.6-97.3 14 4.8 2.7- 8.4
Non-Hispanic Black 138 124 92.4 86.5-95.9 14 7.6 4.1-13.5
Non-Hispanic Other 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 142 127 90.2 82.3-94.7 15 9.8 5.3-17.7
Education
< High School 84 75 90.1 78.8-95.7 *** *** ***
High School 148 138 93.8 87.0-97.2 *** *** ***
> High School 489 459 93.5 90.4-95.6 30 6.5 4.4- 9.6
Marital Status
Married 449 421 92.6 89.0-95.0 28 7.4 5.0-11.0
Other 272 251 94.2 90.0-96.7 21 5.8 3.3-10.0
Medicaid recipient
No 380 358 94.2 91.0-96.3 22 5.8 3.7- 9.0
Yes 341 314 92.0 87.4-94.9 27 8.0 5.1-12.6
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 252 235 92.4 87.9-95.3 17 7.6 4.7-12.1
2500+ grams 469 437 93.2 90.4-95.3 32 6.8 4.7- 9.6

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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