NC PRAMS 2001: (What were your or your husband's or partner's reasons for not doing anything to keep from getting pregnant? UNSPECIFIED REASON)

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2001 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

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What were your or your husband's or partner's reasons for not doing anything to keep from getting pregnant? UNSPECIFIED REASON

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	526	458	86.1	81.5-89.7	68	13.9	10.3-18.5
Age
< 20 years	107	94	86.4	74.3-93.3	13	13.6	6.7-25.7
20-24 years	178	153	85.0	76.6-90.8	25	15.0	9.2-23.4
25-34 years	189	166	85.3	76.6-91.1	23	14.7	8.9-23.4
35+ years	52	45	91.7	76.4-97.4	7	8.3	2.6-23.6
Race
White	303	262	86.0	80.1-90.4	41	14.0	9.6-19.9
Black	204	179	86.0	77.1-91.8	25	14.0	8.2-22.9
Other	19	17	88.6	52.2-98.2	2	11.4	1.8-47.8
Hispanic origin
Yes	53	44	76.6	58.9-88.2	9	23.4	11.8-41.1
No	472	414	87.5	82.7-91.0	58	12.5	9.0-17.3
Education
< High School	168	140	81.0	71.1-88.1	28	19.0	11.9-28.9
High School	205	186	93.3	87.3-96.6	19	6.7	3.4-12.7
> High School	151	131	82.0	72.3-88.9	20	18.0	11.1-27.7
Marital Status
Married	223	195	87.7	81.0-92.3	28	12.3	7.7-19.0
Other	303	263	84.8	78.1-89.8	40	15.2	10.2-21.9
Income
15,999 or less	234	200	83.6	75.6-89.4	34	16.4	10.6-24.4
16,000-24,999	63	59	95.7	81.5-99.1	4	4.3	0.9-18.5
25,000-39,999	69	58	83.6	68.7-92.2	11	16.4	7.8-31.3
40,000 or more	95	86	90.7	80.6-95.8	9	9.3	4.2-19.4
WIC recipient
No	200	172	86.6	78.8-91.8	28	13.4	8.2-21.2
Yes	325	285	85.8	79.7-90.3	40	14.2	9.7-20.3
Medicaid recipient
No	178	156	87.8	80.0-92.8	22	12.2	7.2-20.0
Yes	348	302	85.2	79.1-89.7	46	14.8	10.3-20.9
Infant's birth weight
Under 1500 grams	116	98	83.9	76.6-89.2	18	16.1	10.8-23.4
1500 - 2499 grams	167	150	89.2	83.5-93.2	17	10.8	6.8-16.5
2500+ grams	243	210	85.9	80.8-89.8	33	14.1	10.2-19.2

#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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