Table 3.
Breastfeeding Prevalence Ratios by Race/ethnicity, and Education Level and Insurance Type in Florida.
| Race/Ethnicity | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education Level/Degree | Black Hispanic PR [95% CI] * (n) |
Black non-Hispanic PR [95% CI] (n) |
White Hispanic PR [95% CI] (n) |
White non-Hispanic PR [95% CI] (n) |
|
| 8th grade or less | 1.01 [0.93–1.09] (1069) |
1.39 [1.18–1.64] (1184) |
1.13 [1.09–1.17] (6986) |
1.00 [0.93–1.09] (2453) |
|
| 9th–12th grade, no diploma | 1.10 [1.05–1.15] (4050) |
1.13 [1.10–1.18] (18704) |
1.02 [0.99–1.05] (12732) |
0.97 [0.95–0.99] (21284) |
|
| High school | 1.01 [0.99–1.03] (10196) |
1.01 [0.90–1.03] (46889) |
0.98 [0.97–0.99] (36158) |
0.91 [0.90–0.92] (71820) |
|
| Some college credit, no degree | 1.01 [0.99–1.04] (5331) |
0.97 [0.95–0.98] (25884) |
0.98 [0.97–0.99] (18377) |
0.92 [0.91–0.93] (55395) |
|
| Associate’s degree | 1.0 [0.97–1.02] (2963) |
0.95 [0.93–0.97] (8906) |
0.98 [0.97–0.99] (11643) |
0.94 [0.93–0.95] (28957) |
|
| Bachelor’s degree | 0.98 [0.96–1.00] (2387) |
0.95 [0.94–0.96] (9075) |
0.98 [0.97–0.99] (16284) |
0.98 [0.97–0.99] (59814) |
|
| Master’s degree | 1.0 [0.96–1.05] (717) |
0.95 [0.92–0.97] (3935) |
0.97 [0.94–0.99] (6029) |
0.99 [0.97–1.00] (22882) |
|
| Doctorate or professional degree | 0.92 [0.82–1.04] (158) |
0.97 [0.90–1.04] (820) |
1.01 [0.98–1.06] (656) |
1.01 [1.00–1.05] (6331) |
|
| Insurance Status | Medicaid | 0.92 [0.48–1.79] (592) |
1.43 [1.26–1.62] (1071) |
1.38 [1.15–1.66] (3232) |
1.08 [0.97–1.21] (2212) |
| Private | 1.54 [0.50–4.76] (61) |
2.63 [1.06–6.48] (66) |
3.46 [1.51–7.91] (202) |
0.71 [0.45–1.11] (158) |
|
| Self-pay | 1.10 [0.63–1.92] (416) |
1.41 [0.44–4.56] (47) |
2.26 [1.87–2.74] (3552) |
1.99 [0.89–4.44] (83) |
|
* The denominator in the prevalence ratio is the prevalence risk of the reference group, i.e., the prevalence risk for the non-WIC participant counterparts for each race/ethnicity and education or insurance level.