2004 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

CONTRACEPTION

What were your or your husband''s or partner''s reasons for not doing anything to keep from getting pregnant? I HAD PROBLEMS GETTING BIRTH CONTROL WHEN I NEEDED IT

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
		N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	476	427	88.5	84.2-91.7	49	11.5	8.3-15.8
Age
< 20 years	69	62	91.1	78.3-96.7	7	8.9	3.3-21.7
20-24 years	159	136	84.8	76.1-90.8	23	15.2	9.2-23.9
25-34 years	207	190	90.4	83.8-94.4	17	9.6	5.6-16.2
35+ years	41	39	88.5	64.6-97.0	2	11.5	3.0-35.4
Race
White	294	263	88.0	82.4-92.0	31	12.0	8.0-17.6
Black	164	149	89.7	81.6-94.5	15	10.3	5.5-18.4
Other	18	15	85.5	52.5-96.9	3	14.5	3.1-47.5
Hispanic origin
Yes	55	48	80.7	63.8-90.8	7	19.3	9.2-36.2
No	421	379	89.7	85.4-92.9	42	10.3	7.1-14.6
Education
< High School	126	109	86.1	76.2-92.4	17	13.9	7.6-23.8
High School	178	164	89.0	81.4-93.7	14	11.0	6.3-18.6
> High School	170	152	89.7	82.4-94.2	18	10.3	5.8-17.6
Marital Status
Married	227	207	91.7	86.1-95.1	20	8.3	4.9-13.9
Other	249	220	85.5	78.5-90.5	29	14.5	9.5-21.5
Income
14,999 or less	194	169	85.7	77.9-91.0	25	14.3	9.0-22.1
15,000-24,999	87	74	82.8	70.1-90.8	13	17.2	9.2-29.9
25,000-49,999	91	87	94.4	84.4-98.1	4	5.6	1.9-15.6
50,000 or more	58	56	99.4	97.7-99.9	2	0.6	0.1- 2.3
WIC recipient
No	172	159	94.5	88.4-97.4	13	5.5	2.6-11.6
Yes	299	263	85.4	79.4-89.8	36	14.6	10.2-20.6
Medicaid recipient
No	146	139	96.2	90.3-98.6	7	3.8	1.4- 9.7
Yes	330	288	85.1	79.4-89.5	42	14.9	10.5-20.6
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	226	205	90.1	85.4-93.5	21	9.9	6.5-14.6
2500+ grams	250	222	88.3	83.5-91.8	28	11.7	8.2-16.5

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