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 OR LACTATION SPECIALIST1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 746 135 19.3 16.0-23.0 611 80.7 77.0-84.0
Age
< 25 years 148 22 18.9 12.1-28.4 126 81.1 71.6-87.9
25-34 years 439 84 19.1 15.1-23.8 355 80.9 76.2-84.9
35+ years 159 29 20.4 13.8-29.1 130 79.6 70.9-86.2
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 382 69 19.4 15.0-24.7 313 80.6 75.3-85.0
Non-Hispanic Black 140 23 14.4 8.7-22.8 117 85.6 77.2-91.3
Non-Hispanic Other 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 152 27 20.4 13.6-29.5 125 79.6 70.5-86.4
Education
< High School 90 16 14.8 7.9-26.0 74 85.2 74.0-92.1
High School 152 36 27.5 19.4-37.5 116 72.5 62.5-80.6
> High School 504 83 17.4 13.8-21.7 421 82.6 78.3-86.2
Marital Status
Married 462 80 18.4 14.5-23.0 382 81.6 77.0-85.5
Other 284 55 20.8 15.5-27.3 229 79.2 72.7-84.5
Medicaid recipient
No 396 62 17.3 13.3-22.2 334 82.7 77.8-86.7
Yes 350 73 21.6 16.6-27.5 277 78.4 72.5-83.4
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 257 41 17.1 12.7-22.6 216 82.9 77.4-87.3
2500+ grams 489 94 19.5 16.0-23.5 395 80.5 76.5-84.0

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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