NC PRAMS 2006~` : (During the 12 months before you got pregnant, did an ex-husband or ex-partner push, hit, slap, kick, choke, or physically hurt you in any other way?)

2006 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

ABUSE

During the 12 months before you got pregnant, did an ex-husband or ex-partner push, hit, slap, kick, choke, or physically hurt you in any other way?

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	1343	1289	95.4	93.5-96.7	54	4.6	3.3- 6.5
Age
< 20 years	132	124	93.4	84.5-97.3	8	6.6	2.7-15.5
20-24 years	298	279	94.1	89.6-96.7	19	5.9	3.3-10.4
25-34 years	692	667	95.2	92.4-97.1	25	4.8	2.9- 7.6
35+ years	221	219	99.8	99.2-99.9	2	0.2	0.1- 0.8
Race
White	979	946	95.9	93.8-97.3	33	4.1	2.7- 6.2
Black	285	270	94.9	89.8-97.5	15	5.1	2.5-10.2
Other	79	73	90.9	74.3-97.2	6	9.1	2.8-25.7
Hispanic origin
Yes	179	172	95.8	90.4-98.2	7	4.2	1.8- 9.6
No	1164	1117	95.3	93.2-96.8	47	4.7	3.2- 6.8
Education
< High School	216	200	94.0	88.2-97.0	16	6.0	3.0-11.8
High School	404	382	92.9	88.3-95.7	22	7.1	4.3-11.7
> High School	721	705	97.4	95.4-98.6	16	2.6	1.4- 4.6
Marital Status
Married	883	868	98.4	96.9-99.2	15	1.6	0.8- 3.1
Other	460	421	90.9	86.7-93.9	39	9.1	6.1-13.3
Income
14,999 or less	356	327	90.5	85.4-94.0	29	9.5	6.0-14.6
15,000-24,999	175	160	91.5	84.0-95.7	15	8.5	4.3-16.0
25,000-49,999	259	255	98.1	94.5-99.4	4	1.9	0.6- 5.5
50,000 or more	442	441	99.9	99.6- 100	1	0.1	0.0- 0.4
WIC recipient
No	755	743	97.9	95.8-99.0	12	2.1	1.0- 4.2
Yes	579	537	92.5	89.0-94.9	42	7.5	5.1-11.0
Medicaid recipient
No	675	672	99.7	98.5-99.9	3	0.3	0.1- 1.5
Yes	668	617	91.7	88.3-94.1	51	8.3	5.9-11.7
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	592	566	95.3	93.2-96.8	26	4.7	3.2- 6.8
2500+ grams	751	723	95.4	93.3-96.8	28	4.6	3.2- 6.7

~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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