2003 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 HAVE ENOUGH MONEY OR INSURANCE TO PAY FOR MY VISITS

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
		N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	271	214	75.0	67.6-81.2	57	25.0	18.8-32.4
Age
< 20 years	47	40	84.7	65.0-94.3	7	15.3	5.7-35.0
20-24 years	99	75	69.6	56.2-80.4	24	30.4	19.6-43.8
25-34 years	101	79	74.2	62.5-83.3	22	25.8	16.7-37.5
35+ years	24	20	84.9	51.4-96.8	4	15.1	3.2-48.6
Race
White	156	122	75.0	65.3-82.6	34	25.0	17.4-34.7
Black	101	80	74.1	60.8-84.1	21	25.9	15.9-39.2
Other	14	12	82.7	40.5-97.1	2	17.3	2.9-59.5
Hispanic origin
Yes	33	22	74.1	53.4-87.7	11	25.9	12.3-46.6
No	238	192	75.2	67.1-81.8	46	24.8	18.2-32.9
Education
< High School	81	64	78.6	64.5-88.1	17	21.4	11.9-35.5
High School	88	73	77.0	63.7-86.5	15	23.0	13.5-36.3
> High School	101	77	70.2	57.3-80.6	24	29.8	19.4-42.7
Marital Status
Married	127	101	75.7	64.8-84.1	26	24.3	15.9-35.2
Other	144	113	74.4	63.9-82.7	31	25.6	17.3-36.1
Income
15,999 or less	111	83	66.9	54.3-77.4	28	33.1	22.6-45.7
16,000-24,999	46	36	77.5	59.5-89.0	10	22.5	11.0-40.5
25,000-39,999	41	34	82.8	61.5-93.5	7	17.2	6.5-38.5
40,000 or more	36	34	95.7	78.6-99.3	2	4.3	0.7-21.4
WIC recipient
No	92	75	81.7	69.2-89.8	17	18.3	10.2-30.8
Yes	174	134	71.0	61.4-79.0	40	29.0	21.0-38.6
Medicaid recipient
No	67	63	89.6	75.3-96.0	4	10.4	4.0-24.7
Yes	204	151	70.1	61.2-77.7	53	29.9	22.3-38.8
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	132	109	81.9	74.5-87.6	23	18.1	12.4-25.5
2500+ grams	139	105	74.3	66.3-81.1	34	25.7	18.9-33.7

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