NC PRAMS 2005~` : (What were your reasons for stopping breastfeeding? I THOUGHT MY BABY WAS NOT GAINING ENOUGH WEIGHT)

2005 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

BREASTFEEDING

What were your reasons for stopping breastfeeding? I THOUGHT MY BABY WAS NOT GAINING ENOUGH WEIGHT

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	348	315	87.2	81.6-91.3	33	12.8	8.7-18.4
Age
< 20 years	35	27	70.5	43.7-88.1	8	29.5	11.9-56.3
20-24 years	99	92	87.0	74.3-94.0	7	13.0	6.0-25.7
25-34 years	183	169	90.7	83.4-94.9	14	9.3	5.1-16.6
35+ years	31	27	80.4	55.0-93.2	4	19.6	6.8-45.0
Race
White	268	239	85.3	78.6-90.1	29	14.7	9.9-21.4
Black	68	66	99.2	96.7-99.8	2	0.8	0.2- 3.3
Other	12	10	76.9	30.0-96.3	2	23.1	3.7-70.0
Hispanic origin
Yes	49	42	80.4	63.2-90.7	7	19.6	9.3-36.8
No	299	273	88.9	82.8-92.9	26	11.1	7.1-17.2
Education
< High School	69	56	72.7	57.1-84.2	13	27.3	15.8-42.9
High School	98	93	96.4	85.7-99.2	5	3.6	0.8-14.3
> High School	180	165	89.5	82.0-94.1	15	10.5	5.9-18.0
Marital Status
Married	223	209	92.6	86.8-96.0	14	7.4	4.0-13.2
Other	125	106	76.9	64.5-85.9	19	23.1	14.1-35.5
Income
14,999 or less	101	87	80.4	67.4-89.0	14	19.6	11.0-32.6
15,000-24,999	58	50	81.9	62.9-92.4	8	18.1	7.6-37.1
25,000-49,999	62	58	88.5	73.3-95.6	4	11.5	4.4-26.7
50,000 or more	96	90	94.2	85.0-97.9	6	5.8	2.1-15.0
WIC recipient
No	180	167	90.3	82.7-94.8	13	9.7	5.2-17.3
Yes	166	146	83.7	74.2-90.2	20	16.3	9.8-25.8
Medicaid recipient
No	163	154	92.5	85.3-96.3	9	7.5	3.7-14.7
Yes	185	161	82.3	73.1-88.8	24	17.7	11.2-26.9
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	176	164	93.1	88.3-96.0	12	6.9	4.0-11.7
2500+ grams	172	151	86.6	80.3-91.1	21	13.4	8.9-19.7

~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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