NC PRAMS 2002: (How often in the past year have the following things happened to you? MY PARTNER INSULTED OR SWORE AT ME)

2002 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

ABUSE

How often in the past year have the following things happened to you? MY PARTNER INSULTED OR SWORE AT ME

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	Zero times			One to five times			6 or more times
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	1523	1002	67.0	64.0-69.9	313	20.0	17.6-22.6	208	13.0	11.0-15.2
Age
< 20 years	197	130	62.4	53.0-70.9	29	14.4	9.0-22.2	38	23.2	16.2-32.1
20-24 years	396	252	66.4	60.4-71.9	82	19.8	15.4-25.2	62	13.7	10.1-18.5
25-34 years	743	493	67.1	62.9-71.1	155	20.7	17.4-24.5	95	12.2	9.6-15.3
35+ years	187	127	72.2	63.8-79.3	47	22.9	16.3-31.0	13	5.0	2.4-10.1
Race
White	1045	665	65.8	62.2-69.1	225	20.4	17.7-23.5	155	13.8	11.5-16.5
Black	406	279	67.9	61.3-73.8	77	19.9	15.1-25.8	50	12.2	8.4-17.3
Other	72	58	81.5	68.2-90.0	11	13.9	6.7-26.5	3	4.6	1.2-15.6
Hispanic origin
Yes	154	119	76.9	67.8-84.0	26	18.5	12.1-27.1	9	4.6	2.0-10.7
No	1369	883	65.8	62.6-68.9	287	20.2	17.7-23.0	199	14.0	11.9-16.4
Education
< High School	338	242	70.8	64.5-76.4	39	12.2	8.5-17.3	57	16.9	12.5-22.5
High School	436	275	66.2	60.2-71.7	97	21.3	16.7-26.7	64	12.5	9.1-17.0
> High School	746	483	65.7	61.4-69.7	176	22.9	19.5-26.8	87	11.4	8.9-14.4
Marital Status
Married	966	649	68.6	65.0-72.0	196	19.4	16.6-22.6	121	11.9	9.7-14.6
Other	557	353	63.7	58.2-68.8	117	21.2	17.1-26.1	87	15.1	11.6-19.5
Income
15,999 or less	451	286	65.8	59.9-71.2	85	16.0	12.1-20.7	80	18.3	14.1-23.4
16,000-24,999	171	92	56.8	47.2-65.9	49	29.3	21.4-38.7	30	13.9	8.7-21.5
25,000-39,999	205	139	67.7	59.2-75.2	42	21.6	15.3-29.6	24	10.7	6.5-17.1
40,000 or more	547	361	67.3	62.4-71.7	123	22.3	18.4-26.7	63	10.4	7.8-13.9
WIC recipient
No	829	537	65.3	61.3-69.2	193	22.7	19.5-26.4	99	11.9	9.5-14.9
Yes	680	456	69.0	64.4-73.2	118	16.7	13.4-20.6	106	14.3	11.3-18.0
Medicaid recipient
No	752	501	68.8	64.7-72.6	173	22.2	18.8-25.9	78	9.0	6.9-11.7
Yes	771	501	65.0	60.5-69.2	140	17.6	14.4-21.3	130	17.4	14.2-21.2
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	683	439	65.1	61.6-68.5	143	19.9	17.2-23.0	101	14.9	12.5-17.8
2500+ grams	840	563	67.2	63.9-70.3	170	20.0	17.5-22.8	107	12.8	10.7-15.2

#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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