NC PRAMS 2004: (Thinking back to just before you got pregnant, how did you feel about becoming pregnant?)

2004 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

INTENDEDNESS OF PREGNANCY

Thinking back to just before you got pregnant, how did you feel about becoming pregnant?

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	SOONER			LATER			THEN			DID NOT WANT
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	1552	262	15.3	13.3-17.7	508	33.2	30.3-36.2	578	40.7	37.6-43.8	204	10.8	9.0-12.9
Age
< 20 years	165	17	10.8	6.0-18.8	84	50.3	40.3-60.3	36	24.2	16.6-33.9	28	14.7	8.9-23.2
20-24 years	401	35	9.1	6.1-13.3	183	44.6	38.6-50.8	127	36.0	30.2-42.1	56	10.3	7.2-14.7
25-34 years	794	153	17.4	14.4-20.8	217	27.5	23.8-31.5	336	45.2	41.0-49.5	88	9.9	7.6-12.8
35+ years	192	57	26.0	19.0-34.4	24	14.5	9.2-22.1	79	47.6	38.9-56.4	32	12.0	7.5-18.5
Race
White	1073	204	16.8	14.3-19.6	321	30.7	27.4-34.1	455	45.7	42.1-49.3	93	6.9	5.3- 9.0
Black	416	44	9.1	6.0-13.6	166	40.6	34.2-47.3	105	27.2	21.7-33.5	101	23.2	18.0-29.3
Other	63	14	22.8	12.7-37.4	21	39.5	26.1-54.7	18	23.7	13.6-38.1	10	14.0	6.6-27.2
Hispanic origin
Yes	177	24	12.7	8.0-19.7	60	34.0	26.2-42.8	83	48.6	40.0-57.4	10	4.6	2.1- 9.9
No	1375	238	15.8	13.6-18.3	448	33.1	30.0-36.3	495	39.2	36.1-42.5	194	11.9	9.9-14.2
Education
< High School	318	42	15.1	10.7-20.9	110	33.7	27.4-40.7	108	38.4	31.8-45.4	58	12.8	8.9-18.0
High School	439	56	11.1	7.9-15.3	174	38.9	33.2-45.0	135	34.3	28.9-40.2	74	15.7	11.8-20.5
> High School	792	164	18.1	15.1-21.6	223	29.4	25.6-33.4	333	45.6	41.4-49.9	72	6.9	5.1- 9.3
Marital Status
Married	953	204	18.8	16.0-22.0	232	24.7	21.6-28.2	439	49.3	45.5-53.1	78	7.1	5.4- 9.3
Other	599	58	10.0	7.2-13.6	276	46.2	41.0-51.5	139	27.4	22.9-32.5	126	16.4	12.9-20.6
Income
14,999 or less	456	54	13.0	9.5-17.6	185	36.9	31.4-42.9	128	33.0	27.6-38.9	89	17.0	13.0-21.9
15,000-24,999	242	26	9.7	5.9-15.5	103	44.0	36.3-52.1	77	35.1	27.8-43.0	36	11.2	7.2-17.1
25,000-49,999	315	53	15.7	11.5-21.1	109	37.2	30.9-43.9	111	37.1	30.9-43.7	42	10.1	6.8-14.7
50,000 or more	416	118	23.7	19.2-28.8	71	18.4	14.2-23.4	210	53.5	47.7-59.2	17	4.5	2.6- 7.7
WIC recipient
No	790	176	20.2	17.0-23.8	188	24.3	20.8-28.2	360	49.3	45.0-53.5	66	6.3	4.5- 8.7
Yes	749	83	10.2	7.7-13.3	317	42.4	37.9-47.0	214	32.2	28.0-36.6	135	15.2	12.3-18.8
Medicaid recipient
No	712	167	20.8	17.4-24.6	165	24.1	20.5-28.2	334	49.5	45.1-54.0	46	5.6	3.9- 8.0
Yes	840	95	11.0	8.5-14.0	343	40.5	36.3-44.9	244	33.6	29.6-37.8	158	14.9	12.1-18.2
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	696	127	17.0	14.5-19.8	236	35.0	31.6-38.6	212	29.2	26.1-32.6	121	18.7	16.0-21.9
2500+ grams	856	135	15.2	13.0-17.7	272	33.1	29.9-36.3	366	41.7	38.4-45.0	83	10.1	8.2-12.4

#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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