NC PRAMS 2008~` : (What were your reasons for not breastfeeding your new baby? I WANTED MY BODY BACK TO MYSELF*)

2008 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

BREASTFEEDING

What were your reasons for not breastfeeding your new baby? I WANTED MY BODY BACK TO MYSELF*

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	354	312	85.8	81.0-89.6	42	14.2	10.4-19.0
Age
< 20 years	61	53	83.9	69.7-92.2	8	16.1	7.8-30.3
20-24 years	115	101	87.6	78.8-93.1	14	12.4	6.9-21.2
25-34 years	139	124	85.8	77.5-91.4	15	14.2	8.6-22.5
35+ years	39	34	83.4	65.9-92.9	5	16.6	7.1-34.1
Race
White	201	179	87.4	81.2-91.8	22	12.6	8.2-18.8
Black	133	115	82.7	73.5-89.2	18	17.3	10.8-26.5
Other	20	18	90.0	60.3-98.1	2	10.0	1.9-39.7
Hispanic origin
Yes	25	24	99.1	94.1-99.9	1	0.9	0.1- 5.9
No	329	288	84.8	79.7-88.8	41	15.2	11.2-20.3
Education
< High School	104	94	88.4	79.0-93.9	10	11.6	6.1-21.0
High School	137	117	83.3	74.7-89.4	20	16.7	10.6-25.3
> High School	112	100	86.3	77.0-92.2	12	13.7	7.8-23.0
Marital Status
Married	154	139	88.3	81.0-93.0	15	11.7	7.0-19.0
Other	200	173	84.1	77.3-89.2	27	15.9	10.8-22.7
Income
14,999 or less	148	132	87.8	80.3-92.8	16	12.2	7.2-19.7
15,000-24,999	58	51	88.1	74.4-94.9	7	11.9	5.1-25.6
25,000-49,999	54	48	84.0	67.8-92.9	6	16.0	7.1-32.2
50,000 or more	61	50	77.1	63.3-86.8	11	22.9	13.2-36.7
WIC recipient
No	127	112	86.6	78.2-92.0	15	13.4	8.0-21.8
Yes	227	200	85.5	79.2-90.1	27	14.5	9.9-20.8
Medicaid recipient
No	98	83	81.0	70.6-88.4	15	19.0	11.6-29.4
Yes	256	229	87.6	82.0-91.7	27	12.4	8.3-18.0
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	120	112	92.8	86.5-96.3	8	7.2	3.7-13.5
2500+ grams	234	200	85.2	80.0-89.3	34	14.8	10.7-20.0

*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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