2003 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	1447	207	14.3	12.2-16.7	1240	85.7	83.3-87.8
Age
< 20 years	156	11	7.3	3.3-15.3	145	92.7	84.7-96.7
20-24 years	395	43	9.3	6.3-13.5	352	90.7	86.5-93.7
25-34 years	715	126	18.5	15.3-22.2	589	81.5	77.8-84.7
35+ years	181	27	14.3	9.0-21.9	154	85.7	78.1-91.0
Race
White	994	152	15.5	13.0-18.4	842	84.5	81.6-87.0
Black	390	44	9.4	6.2-14.1	346	90.6	85.9-93.8
Other	63	11	18.7	9.8-32.7	52	81.3	67.3-90.2
Hispanic origin
Yes	144	28	20.0	13.4-28.7	116	80.0	71.3-86.6
No	1300	179	13.5	11.3-16.0	1121	86.5	84.0-88.7
Education
< High School	311	36	12.9	8.8-18.5	275	87.1	81.5-91.2
High School	428	50	11.1	7.9-15.5	378	88.9	84.5-92.1
> High School	707	121	16.9	13.8-20.5	586	83.1	79.5-86.2
Marital Status
Married	915	148	16.6	13.9-19.8	767	83.4	80.2-86.1
Other	532	59	9.9	7.1-13.8	473	90.1	86.2-92.9
Income
15,999 or less	392	44	9.7	6.5-14.2	348	90.3	85.8-93.5
16,000-24,999	190	22	11.6	7.0-18.6	168	88.4	81.4-93.0
25,000-39,999	210	33	13.7	8.9-20.6	177	86.3	79.4-91.1
40,000 or more	499	90	19.9	16.0-24.5	409	80.1	75.5-84.0
WIC recipient
No	751	137	18.9	15.7-22.5	614	81.1	77.5-84.3
Yes	692	70	9.4	7.0-12.5	622	90.6	87.5-93.0
Medicaid recipient
No	701	121	18.0	14.8-21.7	580	82.0	78.3-85.2
Yes	746	86	10.7	8.2-13.9	660	89.3	86.1-91.8
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	654	89	13.5	11.1-16.2	565	86.5	83.8-88.9
2500+ grams	793	118	14.3	12.1-16.9	675	85.7	83.1-87.9

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