2004 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

PRENATAL CARE-BARRIERS

Here is a list of problems some women can have getting prenatal care. For each item circle Y (YES) if it was a problem for you during your most recent pregnancy? or circle N (NO) if it was not a problem or didn''t apply to you. THE DOCTOR OR MY HEALTH PLAN WOULD NOT START CARE AS EARLY AS I WANTED

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
		N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	1462	1366	93.2	91.4-94.7	96	6.8	5.3- 8.6
Age
< 20 years	156	145	88.4	79.5-93.8	11	11.6	6.2-20.5
20-24 years	385	355	93.9	90.2-96.2	30	6.1	3.8- 9.8
25-34 years	749	701	93.0	90.3-95.0	48	7.0	5.0- 9.7
35+ years	172	165	97.1	91.5-99.1	7	2.9	0.9- 8.5
Race
White	1009	950	94.2	92.1-95.7	59	5.8	4.3- 7.9
Black	390	360	90.8	85.6-94.2	30	9.2	5.8-14.4
Other	63	56	89.5	76.6-95.7	7	10.5	4.3-23.4
Hispanic origin
Yes	146	124	85.9	78.1-91.3	22	14.1	8.7-21.9
No	1316	1242	94.3	92.5-95.8	74	5.7	4.2- 7.5
Education
< High School	294	260	87.7	82.0-91.8	34	12.3	8.2-18.0
High School	422	387	91.5	87.4-94.3	35	8.5	5.7-12.6
> High School	743	717	96.9	94.9-98.1	26	3.1	1.9- 5.1
Marital Status
Married	895	846	94.4	92.3-96.0	49	5.6	4.0- 7.7
Other	567	520	91.4	87.7-94.1	47	8.6	5.9-12.3
Income
14,999 or less	440	387	87.6	82.9-91.2	53	12.4	8.8-17.1
15,000-24,999	227	208	92.8	87.6-95.9	19	7.2	4.1-12.4
25,000-49,999	302	289	95.6	91.7-97.7	13	4.4	2.3- 8.3
50,000 or more	391	384	97.6	94.9-98.9	7	2.4	1.1- 5.1
WIC recipient
No	740	713	96.6	94.6-97.9	27	3.4	2.1- 5.4
Yes	712	645	89.8	86.5-92.3	67	10.2	7.7-13.5
Medicaid recipient
No	673	652	95.9	93.5-97.4	21	4.1	2.6- 6.5
Yes	789	714	91.0	88.1-93.3	75	9.0	6.7-11.9
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	661	616	92.5	90.2-94.3	45	7.5	5.7- 9.8
2500+ grams	801	750	93.3	91.2-94.9	51	6.7	5.1- 8.8

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