NC PRAMS 2008~` : (What were your reasons for stopping breastfeeding? I THOUGHT I WAS NOT PRODUCING ENOUGH MILK*)

2008 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

BREASTFEEDING

What were your reasons for stopping breastfeeding? I THOUGHT I WAS NOT PRODUCING ENOUGH MILK*

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	535	309	60.3	55.3-65.0	226	39.7	35.0-44.7
Age
< 20 years	65	35	53.6	39.2-67.5	30	46.4	32.5-60.8
20-24 years	132	76	60.3	50.0-69.8	56	39.7	30.2-50.0
25-34 years	267	164	64.2	57.3-70.5	103	35.8	29.5-42.7
35+ years	71	34	50.2	36.8-63.5	37	49.8	36.5-63.2
Race
White	380	214	59.7	53.9-65.2	166	40.3	34.8-46.1
Black	135	81	59.2	48.5-69.1	54	40.8	30.9-51.5
Other	20	14	77.8	53.0-91.5	6	22.2	8.5-47.0
Hispanic origin
Yes	76	50	71.1	58.1-81.3	26	28.9	18.7-41.9
No	459	259	58.3	52.9-63.5	200	41.7	36.5-47.1
Education
< High School	100	68	74.5	63.2-83.2	32	25.5	16.8-36.8
High School	154	89	56.1	46.7-65.2	65	43.9	34.8-53.3
> High School	281	152	57.1	50.4-63.6	129	42.9	36.4-49.6
Marital Status
Married	307	171	58.8	52.3-64.9	136	41.2	35.1-47.7
Other	228	138	62.3	54.5-69.6	90	37.7	30.4-45.5
Income
14,999 or less	152	88	59.4	49.6-68.6	64	40.6	31.4-50.4
15,000-24,999	78	45	58.6	45.5-70.7	33	41.4	29.3-54.5
25,000-49,999	103	63	67.3	56.6-76.6	40	32.7	23.4-43.4
50,000 or more	161	90	57.1	48.3-65.5	71	42.9	34.5-51.7
WIC recipient
No	285	166	60.7	54.0-67.0	119	39.3	33.0-46.0
Yes	242	138	60.1	52.6-67.1	104	39.9	32.9-47.4
Medicaid recipient
No	245	143	60.4	53.4-67.1	102	39.6	32.9-46.6
Yes	290	166	60.2	53.2-66.7	124	39.8	33.3-46.8
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	217	116	54.0	47.4-60.5	101	46.0	39.5-52.6
2500+ grams	318	193	61.1	55.5-66.3	125	38.9	33.7-44.5

*Asked only of mothers that breastfed 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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