NC PRAMS 2002: (Did any of these things keep you from getting prenatal care as early as you wanted? I DIDN''T KNOW THAT I WAS PREGNANT)

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 KNOW THAT I WAS PREGNANT

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	273	161	60.7	53.3-67.6	112	39.3	32.4-46.7
Age
< 20 years	55	19	33.2	19.1-51.2	36	66.8	48.8-80.9
20-24 years	92	55	64.0	51.4-74.9	37	36.0	25.1-48.6
25-34 years	110	79	71.8	60.7-80.8	31	28.2	19.2-39.3
35+ years	16	8	45.0	18.4-74.9	8	55.0	25.1-81.6
Race
White	163	102	61.7	52.5-70.2	61	38.3	29.8-47.5
Black	90	46	59.3	45.2-72.0	44	40.7	28.0-54.8
Other	20	13	57.9	33.1-79.3	7	42.1	20.7-66.9
Hispanic origin
Yes	33	25	73.8	52.0-88.0	8	26.2	12.0-48.0
No	240	136	58.8	50.9-66.3	104	41.2	33.7-49.1
Education
< High School	85	40	45.0	32.5-58.2	45	55.0	41.8-67.5
High School	85	55	71.5	58.6-81.6	30	28.5	18.4-41.4
> High School	103	66	64.8	52.7-75.3	37	35.2	24.7-47.3
Marital Status
Married	119	83	68.3	57.6-77.3	36	31.7	22.7-42.4
Other	154	78	53.9	43.7-63.8	76	46.1	36.2-56.3
Income
15,999 or less	120	61	52.6	41.3-63.6	59	47.4	36.4-58.7
16,000-24,999	40	25	64.3	44.1-80.5	15	35.7	19.5-55.9
25,000-39,999	36	25	71.4	52.2-85.1	11	28.6	14.9-47.8
40,000 or more	47	31	68.8	50.7-82.6	16	31.2	17.4-49.3
WIC recipient
No	120	75	66.3	55.4-75.7	45	33.7	24.3-44.6
Yes	152	86	57.0	47.0-66.5	66	43.0	33.5-53.0
Medicaid recipient
No	72	49	68.5	55.0-79.5	23	31.5	20.5-45.0
Yes	201	112	57.4	48.5-65.8	89	42.6	34.2-51.5
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	123	69	55.4	46.6-63.8	54	44.6	36.2-53.4
2500+ grams	150	92	61.2	53.2-68.7	58	38.8	31.3-46.8

#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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