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2001 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 DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY OR INSURANCE TO PAY FOR MY VISITS

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
		N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	317	242	75.4	68.5-81.2	75	24.6	18.8-31.5
Age
< 20 years	62	48	82.5	66.4-91.8	14	17.5	8.2-33.6
20-24 years	106	82	73.2	60.6-82.8	24	26.8	17.2-39.4
25-34 years	123	91	74.4	63.0-83.2	32	25.6	16.8-37.0
35+ years	26	21	68.1	37.3-88.5	5	31.9	11.5-62.7
Race
White	202	149	71.8	63.2-79.1	53	28.2	20.9-36.8
Black	108	87	82.7	69.7-90.9	21	17.3	9.1-30.3
Other	7	6	81.9	34.2-97.5	1	18.1	2.5-65.8
Hispanic origin
Yes	48	24	48.5	31.8-65.6	24	51.5	34.4-68.2
No	268	217	81.7	74.7-87.1	51	18.3	12.9-25.3
Education
< High School	92	68	68.7	54.6-80.1	24	31.3	19.9-45.4
High School	109	75	68.7	56.6-78.7	34	31.3	21.3-43.4
> High School	115	98	88.2	77.9-94.1	17	11.8	5.9-22.1
Marital Status
Married	161	125	77.6	68.5-84.6	36	22.4	15.4-31.5
Other	156	117	72.5	61.3-81.5	39	27.5	18.5-38.7
Income
15,999 or less	138	95	65.4	53.7-75.5	43	34.6	24.5-46.3
16,000-24,999	38	31	85.4	65.7-94.7	7	14.6	5.3-34.3
25,000-39,999	47	35	78.4	61.1-89.3	12	21.6	10.7-38.9
40,000 or more	61	59	99.6	98.2-99.9	2	0.4	0.1- 1.8
WIC recipient
No	125	104	86.8	76.8-92.9	21	13.2	7.1-23.2
Yes	188	134	68.1	58.7-76.2	54	31.9	23.8-41.3
Medicaid recipient
No	113	100	92.5	84.0-96.7	13	7.5	3.3-16.0
Yes	204	142	65.9	56.6-74.1	62	34.1	25.9-43.4
Infant's birth weight
Under 1500 grams	75	57	75.5	65.4-83.4	18	24.5	16.6-34.6
1500 - 2499 grams	86	66	74.5	64.0-82.8	20	25.5	17.2-36.0
2500+ grams	156	119	75.4	67.9-81.7	37	24.6	18.3-32.1

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