2002 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

CONTRACEPTION

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Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
		N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	494	447	90.1	86.2-93.0	47	9.9	7.0-13.8
Age
< 20 years	98	86	85.8	73.4-93.0	12	14.2	7.0-26.6
20-24 years	178	158	89.2	82.0-93.7	20	10.8	6.3-18.0
25-34 years	176	164	92.8	86.2-96.4	12	7.2	3.6-13.8
35+ years	42	39	91.2	72.2-97.6	3	8.8	2.4-27.8
Race
White	289	264	90.8	85.8-94.2	25	9.2	5.8-14.2
Black	182	162	89.6	82.0-94.2	20	10.4	5.8-18.0
Other	23	21	84.3	54.7-96.0	2	15.7	4.0-45.3
Hispanic origin
Yes	43	38	87.8	70.3-95.6	5	12.2	4.4-29.7
No	451	409	90.3	86.2-93.3	42	9.7	6.7-13.8
Education
< High School	162	143	86.4	78.0-92.0	19	13.6	8.0-22.0
High School	170	158	91.7	84.4-95.8	12	8.3	4.2-15.6
> High School	162	146	92.1	85.4-95.8	16	7.9	4.2-14.6
Marital Status
Married	222	210	94.6	89.6-97.3	12	5.4	2.7-10.4
Other	272	237	86.0	79.6-90.6	35	14.0	9.4-20.4
Income
15,999 or less	203	178	87.1	79.9-92.0	25	12.9	8.0-20.1
16,000-24,999	79	71	84.3	70.8-92.2	8	15.7	7.8-29.2
25,000-39,999	63	55	87.9	73.6-95.0	8	12.1	5.0-26.4
40,000 or more	93	91	99.6	98.6-99.9	2	0.4	0.1- 1.4
WIC recipient
No	197	184	95.4	90.1-97.9	13	4.6	2.1- 9.9
Yes	293	259	86.6	80.8-90.9	34	13.4	9.1-19.2
Medicaid recipient
No	151	148	98.8	93.7-99.8	3	1.2	0.2- 6.3
Yes	343	299	86.2	80.8-90.3	44	13.8	9.7-19.2
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	240	218	90.8	86.5-93.8	22	9.2	6.2-13.5
2500+ grams	254	229	90.0	85.7-93.2	25	10.0	6.8-14.3

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