NC PRAMS 2002: (Did you get prenatal care as early in your pregnancy as you wanted?)

2002 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

PRENATAL CARE-TIMING

Did you get prenatal care as early in your pregnancy as you wanted?

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES			DID NOT WANT
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	1543	267	17.6	15.3-20.1	1268	82.1	79.6-84.4	8	0.3	0.1- 0.8
Age
< 20 years	200	55	28.1	20.6-37.1	144	71.7	62.7-79.2	1	0.2	0.0- 1.0
20-24 years	402	90	23.3	18.5-28.8	309	76.6	71.0-81.4	3	0.2	0.1- 0.5
25-34 years	751	106	14.6	11.8-18.0	642	85.1	81.7-87.9	3	0.3	0.1- 1.4
35+ years	190	16	6.8	3.6-12.5	173	92.3	86.3-95.8	1	0.9	0.1- 6.1
Race
White	1059	159	15.2	12.7-17.9	896	84.5	81.7-87.0	4	0.3	0.1- 1.2
Black	409	88	22.5	17.4-28.6	318	77.3	71.2-82.4	3	0.2	0.1- 0.6
Other	75	20	30.8	19.6-44.8	54	69.0	55.1-80.2	1	0.2	0.0- 1.4
Hispanic origin
Yes	161	31	18.9	12.7-27.3	128	80.0	71.5-86.4	2	1.1	0.2- 6.2
No	1382	236	17.4	15.0-20.1	1140	82.4	79.7-84.8	6	0.2	0.1- 0.7
Education
< High School	345	81	22.8	17.8-28.8	260	76.5	70.5-81.6	4	0.7	0.2- 2.7
High School	443	85	21.7	17.1-27.1	355	77.8	72.4-82.5	3	0.5	0.1- 2.4
> High School	752	101	12.7	10.1-15.9	650	87.3	84.1-89.9	1	0.0	0.0- 0.1
Marital Status
Married	977	115	12.5	10.2-15.2	861	87.5	84.8-89.8	1	0.0	0.0- 0.1
Other	566	152	27.9	23.3-33.1	407	71.2	66.0-75.9	7	0.9	0.3- 2.6
Income
15,999 or less	461	117	26.3	21.5-31.9	337	73.0	67.4-77.9	7	0.7	0.2- 2.2
16,000-24,999	173	40	22.5	15.6-31.3	133	77.5	68.7-84.4	0	0.0	. - .
25,000-39,999	205	34	20.8	14.6-28.7	171	79.2	71.3-85.4	0	0.0	. - .
40,000 or more	550	46	7.4	5.2-10.5	504	92.6	89.5-94.8	0	0.0	. - .
WIC recipient
No	838	118	13.9	11.3-17.1	715	85.6	82.4-88.3	5	0.5	0.1- 1.5
Yes	691	148	22.3	18.6-26.5	540	77.6	73.4-81.3	3	0.1	0.0- 0.3
Medicaid recipient
No	756	69	9.9	7.6-12.8	686	90.1	87.2-92.4	1	0.0	0.0- 0.2
Yes	787	198	25.9	22.2-30.1	582	73.4	69.3-77.3	7	0.6	0.2- 1.8
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	692	121	18.4	15.7-21.5	565	80.5	77.4-83.4	6	1.0	0.5- 2.2
2500+ grams	851	146	17.5	15.1-20.2	703	82.3	79.5-84.7	2	0.2	0.1- 1.0

#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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