NC PRAMS 2007~` : (What were your reasons for not breastfeeding your new baby? I DID NOT WANT TO BE TIED DOWN*)

2007 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

BREASTFEEDING

What were your reasons for not breastfeeding your new baby? I DID NOT WANT TO BE TIED DOWN*

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	392	344	85.8	80.8-89.6	48	14.2	10.4-19.2
Age
< 20 years	61	54	84.9	69.5-93.3	7	15.1	6.7-30.5
20-24 years	111	98	86.0	75.8-92.4	13	14.0	7.6-24.2
25-34 years	175	153	86.4	78.7-91.6	22	13.6	8.4-21.3
35+ years	45	39	84.0	65.1-93.6	6	16.0	6.4-34.9
Race
White	228	199	87.2	81.0-91.5	29	12.8	8.5-19.0
Black	144	128	83.5	73.2-90.3	16	16.5	9.7-26.8
Other	20	17	84.1	56.0-95.6	3	15.9	4.4-44.0
Hispanic origin
Yes	26	25	93.8	67.1-99.1	1	6.2	0.9-32.9
No	365	318	85.0	79.7-89.1	47	15.0	10.9-20.3
Education
< High School	107	101	92.9	83.1-97.2	6	7.1	2.8-16.9
High School	153	137	85.9	77.2-91.6	16	14.1	8.4-22.8
> High School	132	106	79.6	69.8-86.8	26	20.4	13.2-30.2
Marital Status
Married	188	158	82.2	74.6-87.9	30	17.8	12.1-25.4
Other	204	186	89.0	81.8-93.6	18	11.0	6.4-18.2
Income
14,999 or less	158	145	92.1	84.6-96.1	13	7.9	3.9-15.4
15,000-24,999	62	59	91.4	76.5-97.2	3	8.6	2.8-23.5
25,000-49,999	67	54	78.0	63.3-87.9	13	22.0	12.1-36.7
50,000 or more	74	58	72.4	58.0-83.3	16	27.6	16.7-42.0
WIC recipient
No	167	135	76.9	67.6-84.1	32	23.1	15.9-32.4
Yes	220	204	91.3	85.3-95.0	16	8.7	5.0-14.7
Medicaid recipient
No	125	99	75.1	64.4-83.4	26	24.9	16.6-35.6
Yes	267	245	90.4	84.8-94.1	22	9.6	5.9-15.2
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	185	169	92.0	87.5-95.0	16	8.0	5.0-12.5
2500+ grams	207	175	85.2	79.8-89.4	32	14.8	10.6-20.2

*Asked only of mothers that did not breastfeed their baby after delivery.

#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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