NC PRAMS 2003: (Are you or your husband or partner doing anything now to keep from getting pregnant?)

2003 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

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Are you or your husband or partner doing anything now to keep from getting pregnant?

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	1468	219	14.1	12.0-16.6	1249	85.9	83.4-88.0
Age
< 20 years	159	23	10.1	5.4-18.1	136	89.9	81.9-94.6
20-24 years	401	68	15.8	11.8-21.0	333	84.2	79.0-88.2
25-34 years	725	88	11.9	9.3-15.2	637	88.1	84.8-90.7
35+ years	183	40	24.0	16.8-33.0	143	76.0	67.0-83.2
Race
White	1002	137	12.9	10.6-15.7	865	87.1	84.3-89.4
Black	402	69	18.0	13.3-23.9	333	82.0	76.1-86.7
Other	64	13	14.6	6.9-28.1	51	85.4	71.9-93.1
Hispanic origin
Yes	147	27	19.7	13.1-28.7	120	80.3	71.3-86.9
No	1318	192	13.4	11.2-15.9	1126	86.6	84.1-88.8
Education
< High School	316	51	16.1	11.5-22.2	265	83.9	77.8-88.5
High School	434	68	14.6	10.9-19.4	366	85.4	80.6-89.1
> High School	716	98	12.9	10.2-16.2	618	87.1	83.8-89.8
Marital Status
Married	923	132	12.8	10.4-15.7	791	87.2	84.3-89.6
Other	545	87	16.5	12.7-21.2	458	83.5	78.8-87.3
Income
15,999 or less	403	72	17.5	13.1-22.9	331	82.5	77.1-86.9
16,000-24,999	191	22	9.2	5.4-15.4	169	90.8	84.6-94.6
25,000-39,999	211	26	12.5	7.7-19.6	185	87.5	80.4-92.3
40,000 or more	503	64	12.0	9.0-15.8	439	88.0	84.2-91.0
WIC recipient
No	760	104	13.0	10.3-16.2	656	87.0	83.8-89.7
Yes	700	113	15.1	11.9-18.9	587	84.9	81.1-88.1
Medicaid recipient
No	704	96	13.5	10.7-16.9	608	86.5	83.1-89.3
Yes	764	123	14.8	11.8-18.3	641	85.2	81.7-88.2
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	671	110	16.2	13.7-19.1	561	83.8	80.9-86.3
2500+ grams	797	109	14.0	11.7-16.6	688	86.0	83.4-88.3

#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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