NC PRAMS 2005~` : (During the 12 months before your new baby was born, what were the sources of your household's income? PAYCHECK OR MONEY FROM A JOB)

2005 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

INCOME

During the 12 months before your new baby was born, what were the sources of your household's income? PAYCHECK OR MONEY FROM A JOB

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	1024	104	9.9	7.7-12.5	920	90.1	87.5-92.3
Age
< 20 years	97	24	24.7	15.2-37.4	73	75.3	62.6-84.8
20-24 years	253	30	11.1	7.0-17.3	223	88.9	82.7-93.0
25-34 years	517	42	8.1	5.5-11.7	475	91.9	88.3-94.5
35+ years	157	8	3.6	1.2-10.1	149	96.4	89.9-98.8
Race
White	735	42	6.4	4.5- 9.2	693	93.6	90.8-95.5
Black	249	53	21.2	15.0-29.2	196	78.8	70.8-85.0
Other	40	9	17.9	7.0-38.7	31	82.1	61.3-93.0
Hispanic origin
Yes	133	13	8.6	4.4-16.2	120	91.4	83.8-95.6
No	891	91	10.1	7.8-13.1	800	89.9	86.9-92.2
Education
< High School	202	41	19.5	13.6-27.1	161	80.5	72.9-86.4
High School	293	33	10.0	6.2-15.8	260	90.0	84.2-93.8
> High School	527	29	5.1	3.2- 8.1	498	94.9	91.9-96.8
Marital Status
Married	650	30	3.9	2.5- 6.3	620	96.1	93.7-97.5
Other	374	74	20.3	15.4-26.3	300	79.7	73.7-84.6
Income
14,999 or less	299	56	16.9	12.1-23.2	243	83.1	76.8-87.9
15,000-24,999	157	5	2.7	0.8- 9.0	152	97.3	91.0-99.2
25,000-49,999	179	8	4.6	2.0-10.3	171	95.4	89.7-98.0
50,000 or more	295	6	1.9	0.7- 5.3	289	98.1	94.7-99.3
WIC recipient
No	555	39	6.6	4.4- 9.8	516	93.4	90.2-95.6
Yes	458	64	14.0	10.3-18.8	394	86.0	81.2-89.7
Medicaid recipient
No	474	16	2.8	1.4- 5.4	458	97.2	94.6-98.6
Yes	550	88	16.0	12.4-20.5	462	84.0	79.5-87.6
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	464	57	13.7	10.8-17.3	407	86.3	82.7-89.2
2500+ grams	560	47	9.5	7.2-12.4	513	90.5	87.6-92.8

~Due to low response rates in the later part of the year, the 2005 PRAMS tables only comprise data for January through August births.

#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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