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? OTHER SOURCES1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 562 518 91.3 88.1-93.7 44 8.7 6.3-11.9
Age
< 25 years 122 114 93.0 85.8-96.7 *** *** ***
25-34 years 326 303 91.8 87.5-94.7 23 8.2 5.3-12.5
35+ years 114 101 86.8 77.1-92.8 13 13.2 7.2-22.9
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 269 240 87.4 81.8-91.5 29 12.6 8.5-18.2
Non-Hispanic Black 112 108 98.4 95.1-99.5 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 123 117 93.3 85.4-97.1 *** *** ***
Education
< High School 73 70 94.2 83.0-98.2 *** *** ***
High School 127 121 93.8 85.5-97.5 *** *** ***
> High School 362 327 89.8 85.6-92.9 35 10.2 7.1-14.4
Marital Status
Married 333 303 90.1 85.6-93.3 30 9.9 6.7-14.4
Other 229 215 93.0 87.8-96.0 14 7.0 4.0-12.2
Medicaid recipient
No 272 247 91.5 87.1-94.5 25 8.5 5.5-12.9
Yes 290 271 91.1 85.9-94.5 19 8.9 5.5-14.1
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 202 194 96.1 92.0-98.1 *** *** ***
2500+ grams 360 324 90.8 87.3-93.4 36 9.2 6.6-12.7

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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