NC PRAMS 2002: (Please tell us if you have heard of the following North Carolina programs. WIC)

2002 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

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Please tell us if you have heard of the following North Carolina programs. WIC

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	1536	131	9.4	7.8-11.4	1405	90.6	88.6-92.2
Age
< 20 years	197	4	1.4	0.3- 6.5	193	98.6	93.5-99.7
20-24 years	403	14	4.2	2.3- 7.4	389	95.8	92.6-97.7
25-34 years	749	77	10.7	8.3-13.7	672	89.3	86.3-91.7
35+ years	187	36	23.7	17.0-32.0	151	76.3	68.0-83.0
Race
White	1055	105	10.2	8.2-12.6	950	89.8	87.4-91.8
Black	409	10	4.0	2.1- 7.7	399	96.0	92.3-97.9
Other	72	16	22.7	13.1-36.4	56	77.3	63.6-86.9
Hispanic origin
Yes	161	8	4.4	1.8-10.1	153	95.6	89.9-98.2
No	1375	123	10.1	8.3-12.2	1252	89.9	87.8-91.7
Education
< High School	345	13	3.3	1.6- 6.6	332	96.7	93.4-98.4
High School	440	13	4.6	2.6- 8.0	427	95.4	92.0-97.4
> High School	748	105	15.3	12.4-18.7	643	84.7	81.3-87.6
Marital Status
Married	972	122	12.9	10.6-15.6	850	87.1	84.4-89.4
Other	564	9	2.5	1.2- 5.0	555	97.5	95.0-98.8
Income
15,999 or less	462	10	2.0	0.8- 4.5	452	98.0	95.5-99.2
16,000-24,999	172	1	0.1	0.0- 0.6	171	99.9	99.4- 100
25,000-39,999	207	11	5.1	2.5-10.4	196	94.9	89.6-97.5
40,000 or more	546	102	20.4	16.7-24.7	444	79.6	75.3-83.3
WIC recipient
No	832	119	15.0	12.3-18.2	713	85.0	81.8-87.7
Yes	691	11	2.4	1.3- 4.5	680	97.6	95.5-98.7
Medicaid recipient
No	752	117	16.8	13.8-20.2	635	83.2	79.8-86.2
Yes	784	14	1.5	0.7- 3.0	770	98.5	97.0-99.3
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	690	45	5.9	4.4- 7.7	645	94.1	92.3-95.6
2500+ grams	846	86	9.8	8.0-11.9	760	90.2	88.1-92.0

#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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