2002 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	273	218	81.1	74.7-86.1	55	18.9	13.9-25.3
Age
< 20 years	55	45	87.5	72.2-95.0	10	12.5	5.0-27.8
20-24 years	92	71	76.3	64.2-85.2	21	23.7	14.8-35.8
25-34 years	110	92	83.7	73.5-90.5	18	16.3	9.5-26.5
35+ years	16	10	68.4	35.5-89.5	6	31.6	10.5-64.5
Race
White	163	126	78.8	70.4-85.4	37	21.2	14.6-29.6
Black	90	74	84.4	71.9-91.9	16	15.6	8.1-28.1
Other	20	18	86.4	59.1-96.6	2	13.6	3.4-40.9
Hispanic origin
Yes	33	18	56.9	36.4-75.4	15	43.1	24.6-63.6
No	240	200	84.5	78.0-89.3	40	15.5	10.7-22.0
Education
< High School	85	64	81.3	69.5-89.3	21	18.7	10.7-30.5
High School	85	66	77.4	64.7-86.5	19	22.6	13.5-35.3
> High School	103	88	84.3	73.5-91.3	15	15.7	8.7-26.5
Marital Status
Married	119	102	85.0	75.7-91.2	17	15.0	8.8-24.3
Other	154	116	77.4	68.0-84.7	38	22.6	15.3-32.0
Income
15,999 or less	120	92	79.0	68.6-86.6	28	21.0	13.4-31.4
16,000-24,999	40	28	66.9	46.7-82.3	12	33.1	17.7-53.3
25,000-39,999	36	30	76.0	56.2-88.7	6	24.0	11.3-43.8
40,000 or more	47	44	94.8	76.5-99.0	3	5.2	1.0-23.5
WIC recipient
No	120	101	85.7	76.2-91.8	19	14.3	8.2-23.8
Yes	152	117	78.3	69.2-85.3	35	21.7	14.7-30.8
Medicaid recipient
No	72	66	91.2	79.9-96.5	6	8.8	3.5-20.1
Yes	201	152	76.7	68.6-83.2	49	23.3	16.8-31.4
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	123	96	76.2	67.7-83.0	27	23.8	17.0-32.3
2500+ grams	150	122	81.5	74.5-86.9	28	18.5	13.1-25.5

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