NC PRAMS 2003: (What were your or your husband''s or partner''s reasons for not doing anything to keep from getting pregnant? I DIDN''T MIND IF I GOT PREGNANT)

2003 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

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What were your or your husband''s or partner''s reasons for not doing anything to keep from getting pregnant? I DIDN''T MIND IF I GOT PREGNANT

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	458	312	66.2	60.5-71.5	146	33.8	28.5-39.5
Age
< 20 years	80	59	70.7	55.9-82.2	21	29.3	17.8-44.1
20-24 years	156	116	75.9	66.6-83.2	40	24.1	16.8-33.4
25-34 years	176	113	60.3	50.8-69.1	63	39.7	30.9-49.2
35+ years	46	24	44.4	27.7-62.4	22	55.6	37.6-72.3
Race
White	260	159	59.6	52.2-66.6	101	40.4	33.4-47.8
Black	182	144	81.5	72.5-88.0	38	18.5	12.0-27.5
Other	16	9	38.9	15.3-69.2	7	61.1	30.8-84.7
Hispanic origin
Yes	43	36	85.3	68.2-94.0	7	14.7	6.0-31.8
No	414	276	63.7	57.5-69.4	138	36.3	30.6-42.5
Education
< High School	139	103	69.1	58.1-78.3	36	30.9	21.7-41.9
High School	169	121	75.2	66.0-82.6	48	24.8	17.4-34.0
> High School	149	88	53.3	43.4-63.0	61	46.7	37.0-56.6
Marital Status
Married	201	106	49.7	41.2-58.1	95	50.3	41.9-58.8
Other	257	206	79.8	72.4-85.5	51	20.2	14.5-27.6
Income
15,999 or less	180	134	74.9	65.7-82.3	46	25.1	17.7-34.3
16,000-24,999	62	46	67.0	50.9-79.9	16	33.0	20.1-49.1
25,000-39,999	77	48	57.4	42.5-71.1	29	42.6	28.9-57.5
40,000 or more	79	39	52.3	39.4-64.9	40	47.7	35.1-60.6
WIC recipient
No	159	91	48.8	39.2-58.5	68	51.2	41.5-60.8
Yes	293	217	75.6	68.8-81.4	76	24.4	18.6-31.2
Medicaid recipient
No	131	70	51.4	41.1-61.7	61	48.6	38.3-58.9
Yes	327	242	72.3	65.5-78.2	85	27.7	21.8-34.5
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	222	160	73.5	67.5-78.7	62	26.5	21.3-32.5
2500+ grams	236	152	65.5	59.2-71.3	84	34.5	28.7-40.8

#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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