NC PRAMS 2006~` : (Did you get prenatal care as early in your pregnancy as you wanted?)

2006 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

PRENATAL CARE-TIMING

Did you get prenatal care as early in your pregnancy as you wanted?

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES			DID NOT WANT
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	1344	258	21.2	18.5-24.3	1080	78.4	75.3-81.2	6	0.4	0.1- 1.3
Age
< 20 years	136	38	34.0	24.5-45.1	98	66.0	54.9-75.5	0	0.0	. - .
20-24 years	297	86	30.2	23.9-37.2	210	68.9	61.8-75.3	1	0.9	0.1- 6.0
25-34 years	691	110	16.7	13.4-20.7	579	83.1	79.1-86.4	2	0.2	0.0- 1.3
35+ years	220	24	10.9	6.4-18.1	193	88.8	81.6-93.4	3	0.3	0.1- 0.9
Race
White	980	164	18.4	15.4-21.8	812	81.1	77.7-84.1	4	0.5	0.1- 1.8
Black	286	72	29.0	22.4-36.5	214	71.0	63.5-77.6	0	0.0	. - .
Other	78	22	24.4	13.8-39.4	54	75.1	60.2-85.8	2	0.5	0.1- 1.9
Hispanic origin
Yes	181	44	22.4	15.6-31.1	137	77.6	68.9-84.4	0	0.0	. - .
No	1163	214	21.0	18.0-24.3	943	78.6	75.2-81.6	6	0.4	0.1- 1.5
Education
< High School	218	57	26.6	19.5-35.1	159	72.8	64.3-79.9	2	0.6	0.1- 3.2
High School	402	96	24.9	19.7-30.9	302	74.3	68.3-79.5	4	0.8	0.2- 4.2
> High School	722	104	16.6	13.4-20.5	618	83.4	79.5-86.6	0	0.0	. - .
Marital Status
Married	880	124	13.9	11.3-17.1	751	85.8	82.6-88.4	5	0.3	0.1- 1.0
Other	464	134	31.7	26.4-37.5	329	67.8	61.9-73.1	1	0.5	0.1- 3.5
Income
14,999 or less	353	99	26.3	20.8-32.8	250	72.5	66.0-78.2	4	1.2	0.3- 4.4
15,000-24,999	175	53	33.6	25.0-43.3	121	66.3	56.6-74.9	1	0.1	0.0- 0.6
25,000-49,999	259	44	19.1	13.8-25.8	214	80.9	74.1-86.2	1	0.1	0.0- 0.4
50,000 or more	442	37	8.8	6.0-12.9	405	91.2	87.1-94.0	0	0.0	. - .
WIC recipient
No	753	112	15.8	12.6-19.7	637	83.7	79.8-87.0	4	0.5	0.1- 2.4
Yes	578	144	27.4	23.0-32.4	432	72.3	67.3-76.8	2	0.2	0.0- 1.4
Medicaid recipient
No	674	76	12.9	10.0-16.5	597	87.1	83.5-90.0	1	0.0	0.0- 0.2
Yes	670	182	28.4	24.1-33.2	483	70.9	66.2-75.3	5	0.7	0.2- 2.3
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	595	116	22.2	18.7-26.0	476	77.3	73.5-80.8	3	0.5	0.2- 1.5
2500+ grams	749	142	21.1	18.2-24.5	604	78.5	75.2-81.5	3	0.3	0.1- 1.4

~Low participation was a substantial problem for NC PRAMS in 2006.The overall weighted response rate was 59%.

#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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