NC PRAMS 2005~` : (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)

2005 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 HAD PROBLEMS GETTING BIRTH CONTROL WHEN I NEEDED IT

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	280	244	86.7	80.3-91.2	36	13.3	8.8-19.7
Age
< 20 years	32	22	78.5	56.6-91.1	10	21.5	8.9-43.4
20-24 years	78	63	77.0	61.9-87.3	15	23.0	12.7-38.1
25-34 years	131	120	91.0	81.6-95.9	11	9.0	4.1-18.4
35+ years	39	39	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Race
White	183	157	85.0	76.8-90.6	26	15.0	9.4-23.2
Black	85	77	91.4	78.4-96.9	8	8.6	3.1-21.6
Other	12	10	87.6	50.3-98.0	2	12.4	2.0-49.7
Hispanic origin
Yes	32	23	62.9	42.1-79.8	9	37.1	20.2-57.9
No	248	221	91.3	85.4-95.0	27	8.7	5.0-14.6
Education
< High School	66	46	67.4	51.7-79.9	20	32.6	20.1-48.3
High School	92	79	87.4	74.5-94.3	13	12.6	5.7-25.5
> High School	122	119	98.1	90.2-99.6	3	1.9	0.4- 9.8
Marital Status
Married	135	125	93.7	85.9-97.3	10	6.3	2.7-14.1
Other	145	119	79.5	68.8-87.2	26	20.5	12.8-31.2
Income
14,999 or less	111	89	82.4	70.5-90.1	22	17.6	9.9-29.5
15,000-24,999	54	47	82.0	62.6-92.5	7	18.0	7.5-37.4
25,000-49,999	43	40	94.9	76.5-99.1	3	5.1	0.9-23.5
50,000 or more	49	49	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
WIC recipient
No	132	123	91.8	82.8-96.3	9	8.2	3.7-17.2
Yes	142	115	81.2	70.9-88.4	27	18.8	11.6-29.1
Medicaid recipient
No	103	98	92.5	82.1-97.1	5	7.5	2.9-17.9
Yes	177	146	82.7	73.6-89.1	31	17.3	10.9-26.4
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	140	120	84.3	77.1-89.6	20	15.7	10.4-22.9
2500+ grams	140	124	86.9	79.8-91.8	16	13.1	8.2-20.2

~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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