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2000 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

PRENATAL CARE-BARRIERS

Did any of these things keep you from getting prenatal care as early as you wanted? I HAD NO WAY TO GET TO THE CLINIC OR DOCTOR'S OFFICE

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
		N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	398	362	90.4	85.4-93.8	36	9.6	6.2-14.6
Age
< 20 years	76	71	90.8	75.6-96.9	5	9.2	3.1-24.4
20-24 years	144	129	88.0	78.8-93.6	15	12.0	6.4-21.2
25-34 years	149	137	94.8	86.9-98.1	12	5.2	1.9-13.1
35+ years	29	25	84.5	56.5-95.8	4	15.5	4.2-43.5
Race
White	229	213	90.9	84.4-94.9	16	9.1	5.1-15.6
Black	152	134	89.6	79.2-95.1	18	10.4	4.9-20.8
Other	17	15	88.1	50.3-98.2	2	11.9	1.8-49.7
Hispanic origin
Yes	37	30	72.7	50.1-87.6	7	27.3	12.4-49.9
No	361	332	92.7	87.9-95.7	29	7.3	4.3-12.1
Education
< High School	115	96	80.0	67.6-88.4	19	20.0	11.6-32.4
High School	156	145	95.4	88.9-98.2	11	4.6	1.8-11.1
> High School	125	119	95.6	87.0-98.6	6	4.4	1.4-13.0
Marital Status
Married	193	180	91.7	84.3-95.8	13	8.3	4.2-15.7
Other	205	182	89.0	81.0-93.9	23	11.0	6.1-19.0
Income
15,999 or less	170	149	87.5	78.4-93.1	21	12.5	6.9-21.6
16,000-24,999	73	71	96.9	82.1-99.5	2	3.1	0.5-17.9
25,000-39,999	55	54	99.7	97.8- 100	1	0.3	0.0- 2.2
40,000 or more	58	56	96.1	78.8-99.4	2	3.9	0.6-21.2
WIC recipient
No	167	155	89.6	79.8-95.0	12	10.4	5.0-20.2
Yes	227	205	90.9	84.4-94.9	22	9.1	5.1-15.6
Medicaid recipient
No	125	119	96.1	87.7-98.8	6	3.9	1.2-12.3
Yes	273	243	87.6	80.7-92.3	30	12.4	7.7-19.3
Infant's birth weight
Under 1500 grams	95	88	92.7	86.3-96.3	7	7.3	3.7-13.7
1500 - 2499 grams	135	121	89.2	82.8-93.4	14	10.8	6.6-17.2
2500+ grams	168	153	90.4	84.8-94.2	15	9.6	5.8-15.2

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