2002 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
		N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	1507	191	11.7	9.9-13.9	1316	88.3	86.1-90.1
Age
< 20 years	193	16	10.6	6.0-17.9	177	89.4	82.1-94.0
20-24 years	390	42	10.5	7.2-14.9	348	89.5	85.1-92.8
25-34 years	739	105	12.7	10.1-15.9	634	87.3	84.1-89.9
35+ years	185	28	11.7	7.2-18.4	157	88.3	81.6-92.8
Race
White	1038	151	13.5	11.2-16.1	887	86.5	83.9-88.8
Black	396	33	7.1	4.3-11.4	363	92.9	88.6-95.7
Other	73	7	6.9	2.5-17.4	66	93.1	82.6-97.5
Hispanic origin
Yes	148	23	16.9	10.7-25.7	125	83.1	74.3-89.3
No	1359	168	11.1	9.2-13.4	1191	88.9	86.6-90.8
Education
< High School	330	36	12.1	8.4-17.1	294	87.9	82.9-91.6
High School	430	42	9.2	6.2-13.4	388	90.8	86.6-93.8
> High School	744	113	13.1	10.4-16.3	631	86.9	83.7-89.6
Marital Status
Married	966	138	12.9	10.6-15.6	828	87.1	84.4-89.4
Other	541	53	9.3	6.5-13.1	488	90.7	86.9-93.5
Income
15,999 or less	443	41	9.8	6.7-14.1	402	90.2	85.9-93.3
16,000-24,999	168	27	17.0	10.9-25.5	141	83.0	74.5-89.1
25,000-39,999	203	31	11.2	6.9-17.5	172	88.8	82.5-93.1
40,000 or more	546	83	12.7	9.8-16.3	463	87.3	83.7-90.2
WIC recipient
No	814	125	13.5	10.9-16.5	689	86.5	83.5-89.1
Yes	684	66	9.7	7.2-13.0	618	90.3	87.0-92.8
Medicaid recipient
No	744	109	12.9	10.3-16.0	635	87.1	84.0-89.7
Yes	763	82	10.5	8.0-13.7	681	89.5	86.3-92.0
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	672	93	13.2	10.9-15.8	579	86.8	84.2-89.1
2500+ grams	835	98	11.6	9.6-14.0	737	88.4	86.0-90.4

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