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? A NURSE, MIDWIFE, OR DOULA 1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 748 125 17.4 14.3-20.9 623 82.6 79.1-85.7
Age
< 25 years 150 21 15.2 9.2-24.1 129 84.8 75.9-90.8
25-34 years 440 70 17.1 13.3-21.8 370 82.9 78.2-86.7
35+ years 158 34 20.9 14.2-29.5 124 79.1 70.5-85.8
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 385 73 19.3 15.0-24.6 312 80.7 75.4-85.0
Non-Hispanic Black 141 19 12.8 7.5-21.0 122 87.2 79.0-92.5
Non-Hispanic Other 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 150 19 13.3 8.0-21.2 131 86.7 78.8-92.0
Education
< High School 91 15 12.2 6.4-21.8 76 87.8 78.2-93.6
High School 153 27 19.8 13.1-28.9 126 80.2 71.1-86.9
> High School 504 83 17.5 13.8-21.9 421 82.5 78.1-86.2
Marital Status
Married 465 79 18.5 14.5-23.1 386 81.5 76.9-85.5
Other 283 46 15.6 11.1-21.5 237 84.4 78.5-88.9
Medicaid recipient
No 395 65 17.9 13.8-22.9 330 82.1 77.1-86.2
Yes 353 60 16.7 12.4-22.2 293 83.3 77.8-87.6
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 255 40 16.0 11.8-21.3 215 84.0 78.7-88.2
2500+ grams 493 85 17.5 14.2-21.4 408 82.5 78.6-85.8

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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