NC PRAMS 2005~` : (What were your reasons for stopping breastfeeding? BREAST MILK ALONE DID NOT SATISFY MY BABY)

2005 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

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What were your reasons for stopping breastfeeding? BREAST MILK ALONE DID NOT SATISFY MY BABY

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	348	236	58.5	51.6-65.1	112	41.5	34.9-48.4
Age
< 20 years	35	27	70.1	43.5-87.8	8	29.9	12.2-56.5
20-24 years	99	72	63.0	49.4-74.8	27	37.0	25.2-50.6
25-34 years	183	120	56.8	47.6-65.5	63	43.2	34.5-52.4
35+ years	31	17	45.8	25.6-67.6	14	54.2	32.4-74.4
Race
White	268	175	56.9	49.3-64.2	93	43.1	35.8-50.7
Black	68	54	68.3	49.9-82.3	14	31.7	17.7-50.1
Other	12	7	52.2	16.8-85.5	5	47.8	14.5-83.2
Hispanic origin
Yes	49	30	50.2	34.0-66.4	19	49.8	33.6-66.0
No	299	206	60.5	53.0-67.6	93	39.5	32.4-47.0
Education
< High School	69	45	55.3	40.2-69.5	24	44.7	30.5-59.8
High School	98	68	54.3	40.7-67.3	30	45.7	32.7-59.3
> High School	180	122	61.4	52.0-70.0	58	38.6	30.0-48.0
Marital Status
Married	223	142	54.3	46.1-62.3	81	45.7	37.7-53.9
Other	125	94	66.6	54.0-77.2	31	33.4	22.8-46.0
Income
14,999 or less	101	64	49.5	36.7-62.3	37	50.5	37.7-63.3
15,000-24,999	58	41	59.3	41.0-75.4	17	40.7	24.6-59.0
25,000-49,999	62	43	60.9	45.5-74.4	19	39.1	25.6-54.5
50,000 or more	96	64	64.5	51.9-75.4	32	35.5	24.6-48.1
WIC recipient
No	180	121	60.1	50.9-68.7	59	39.9	31.3-49.1
Yes	166	113	56.7	46.3-66.5	53	43.3	33.5-53.7
Medicaid recipient
No	163	108	59.0	49.4-67.9	55	41.0	32.1-50.6
Yes	185	128	58.1	48.2-67.5	57	41.9	32.5-51.8
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	176	140	80.3	74.0-85.4	36	19.7	14.6-26.0
2500+ grams	172	96	56.2	48.6-63.5	76	43.8	36.5-51.4

~Due to low response rates in the later part of the year, the 2005 PRAMS tables only comprise data for January through August births.

#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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