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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 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	317	286	87.9	82.0-92.0	31	12.1	8.0-18.0
Age
< 20 years	62	55	84.0	67.7-93.0	7	16.0	7.0-32.3
20-24 years	106	95	84.7	72.9-92.0	11	15.3	8.0-27.1
25-34 years	123	112	91.0	81.6-95.9	11	9.0	4.1-18.4
35+ years	26	24	99.0	96.2-99.8	2	1.0	0.2- 3.8
Race
White	202	179	87.8	80.4-92.6	23	12.2	7.4-19.6
Black	108	102	90.4	77.8-96.2	6	9.6	3.8-22.2
Other	7	5	63.8	23.6-91.0	2	36.2	9.0-76.4
Hispanic origin
Yes	48	35	76.6	58.8-88.2	13	23.4	11.8-41.2
No	268	250	90.5	84.3-94.4	18	9.5	5.6-15.7
Education
< High School	92	79	85.2	72.3-92.7	13	14.8	7.3-27.7
High School	109	93	82.1	70.5-89.8	16	17.9	10.2-29.5
> High School	115	113	96.4	86.6-99.1	2	3.6	0.9-13.4
Marital Status
Married	161	150	91.7	84.1-95.8	11	8.3	4.2-15.9
Other	156	136	83.0	72.5-90.0	20	17.0	10.0-27.5
Income
15,999 or less	138	118	83.0	72.2-90.2	20	17.0	9.8-27.8
16,000-24,999	38	34	86.3	66.0-95.3	4	13.7	4.7-34.0
25,000-39,999	47	46	96.6	79.6-99.5	1	3.4	0.5-20.4
40,000 or more	61	60	96.3	78.3-99.5	1	3.7	0.5-21.7
WIC recipient
No	125	118	92.7	82.8-97.1	7	7.3	2.9-17.2
Yes	188	164	84.8	76.6-90.5	24	15.2	9.5-23.4
Medicaid recipient
No	113	109	96.1	87.7-98.9	4	3.9	1.1-12.3
Yes	204	177	83.3	75.0-89.3	27	16.7	10.7-25.0
Infant's birth weight
Under 1500 grams	75	69	91.3	82.9-95.7	6	8.7	4.3-17.1
1500 - 2499 grams	86	79	91.1	82.6-95.7	7	8.9	4.3-17.4
2500+ grams	156	138	87.6	81.1-92.0	18	12.4	8.0-18.9

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