NC PRAMS 2001: (During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse or other health care worker talk with you about any of the things listed below? BREASTFEEDING YOUR BABY)

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2001 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

PRENATAL CARE-CONTENT

During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse or other health care worker talk with you about any of the things listed below? BREASTFEEDING YOUR BABY

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	1617	223	13.7	11.6-16.0	1394	86.3	84.0-88.4
Age
< 20 years	224	11	3.6	1.5- 8.5	213	96.4	91.5-98.5
20-24 years	427	50	11.2	7.8-15.8	377	88.8	84.2-92.2
25-34 years	785	126	16.1	13.1-19.6	659	83.9	80.4-86.9
35+ years	181	36	22.4	15.5-31.3	145	77.6	68.7-84.5
Race
White	1099	179	15.3	12.8-18.1	920	84.7	81.9-87.2
Black	459	38	9.2	5.9-14.0	421	90.8	86.0-94.1
Other	59	6	12.0	4.8-27.0	53	88.0	73.0-95.2
Hispanic origin
Yes	161	31	15.3	9.7-23.4	130	84.7	76.6-90.3
No	1454	192	13.4	11.3-15.9	1262	86.6	84.1-88.7
Education
< High School	346	36	7.7	4.8-12.3	310	92.3	87.7-95.2
High School	504	64	12.8	9.4-17.2	440	87.2	82.8-90.6
> High School	763	122	16.8	13.7-20.5	641	83.2	79.5-86.3
Marital Status
Married	1026	168	16.2	13.6-19.2	858	83.8	80.8-86.4
Other	591	55	8.9	6.2-12.6	536	91.1	87.4-93.8
Income
15,999 or less	484	52	9.7	6.7-13.9	432	90.3	86.1-93.3
16,000-24,999	179	17	14.3	8.8-22.6	162	85.7	77.4-91.2
25,000-39,999	246	34	11.9	7.6-18.1	212	88.1	81.9-92.4
40,000 or more	550	106	19.0	15.2-23.3	444	81.0	76.7-84.8
WIC recipient
No	835	157	19.0	15.9-22.6	678	81.0	77.4-84.1
Yes	772	66	8.1	5.9-11.0	706	91.9	89.0-94.1
Medicaid recipient
No	813	139	16.7	13.8-20.1	674	83.3	79.9-86.2
Yes	804	84	10.4	7.9-13.6	720	89.6	86.4-92.1
Infant's birth weight
Under 1500 grams	306	49	16.0	12.6-20.2	257	84.0	79.8-87.4
1500 - 2499 grams	485	56	11.4	8.9-14.4	429	88.6	85.6-91.1
2500+ grams	826	118	13.8	11.6-16.3	708	86.2	83.7-88.4

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50.
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.

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