NC PRAMS 2005~` : (What were your or your husband's or partner's reasons for not doing anything to keep from getting pregnant? I DIDN'T MIND IF I GOT PREGNANT)

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 DIDN'T MIND IF I GOT PREGNANT

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	280	173	60.7	53.1-67.7	107	39.3	32.3-46.9
Age
< 20 years	32	26	76.1	52.8-90.1	6	23.9	9.9-47.2
20-24 years	77	51	71.4	56.5-82.7	26	28.6	17.3-43.5
25-34 years	132	71	50.1	39.4-60.8	61	49.9	39.2-60.6
35+ years	39	25	60.5	40.6-77.4	14	39.5	22.6-59.4
Race
White	183	101	56.8	47.7-65.4	82	43.2	34.6-52.3
Black	85	63	70.7	54.9-82.6	22	29.3	17.4-45.1
Other	12	9	65.5	32.6-88.2	3	34.5	11.8-67.4
Hispanic origin
Yes	32	25	76.4	55.4-89.4	7	23.6	10.6-44.6
No	248	148	57.5	49.4-65.3	100	42.5	34.7-50.6
Education
< High School	67	47	68.2	52.8-80.5	20	31.8	19.5-47.2
High School	91	65	67.1	52.9-78.8	26	32.9	21.2-47.1
> High School	122	61	52.0	41.1-62.8	61	48.0	37.2-58.9
Marital Status
Married	135	67	43.7	34.0-54.0	68	56.3	46.0-66.0
Other	145	106	78.0	67.5-85.9	39	22.0	14.1-32.5
Income
14,999 or less	112	84	81.3	69.8-89.1	28	18.7	10.9-30.2
15,000-24,999	54	37	63.9	45.3-79.1	17	36.1	20.9-54.7
25,000-49,999	43	17	31.5	17.3-50.3	26	68.5	49.7-82.7
50,000 or more	49	22	43.6	28.2-60.3	27	56.4	39.7-71.8
WIC recipient
No	131	73	54.5	43.9-64.7	58	45.5	35.3-56.1
Yes	143	96	67.9	57.0-77.2	47	32.1	22.8-43.0
Medicaid recipient
No	103	49	46.3	35.1-57.9	54	53.7	42.1-64.9
Yes	177	124	70.5	60.8-78.7	53	29.5	21.3-39.2
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	140	93	69.0	61.1-75.9	47	31.0	24.1-38.9
2500+ grams	140	80	59.7	51.4-67.5	60	40.3	32.5-48.6

~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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