NC PRAMS 2007~` : (Just before you got pregnant, did you have health insurance?*)

2007 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

HEALTH INSURANCE

Just before you got pregnant, did you have health insurance?*

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	1671	738	46.7	43.6-49.7	933	53.3	50.3-56.4
Age
< 20 years	194	128	62.9	53.8-71.3	66	37.1	28.7-46.2
20-24 years	403	258	67.9	62.0-73.2	145	32.1	26.8-38.0
25-34 years	843	305	38.2	34.1-42.5	538	61.8	57.5-65.9
35+ years	231	47	20.9	14.8-28.5	184	79.1	71.5-85.2
Race
White	1153	455	42.7	39.2-46.3	698	57.3	53.7-60.8
Black	444	255	58.4	52.0-64.6	189	41.6	35.4-48.0
Other	74	28	48.9	35.3-62.8	46	51.1	37.2-64.7
Hispanic origin
Yes	215	169	78.8	71.8-84.5	46	21.2	15.5-28.2
No	1453	568	40.4	37.2-43.7	885	59.6	56.3-62.8
Education
< High School	336	271	77.2	70.9-82.4	65	22.8	17.6-29.1
High School	456	266	60.5	54.7-66.0	190	39.5	34.0-45.3
> High School	873	199	25.0	21.5-28.9	674	75.0	71.1-78.5
Marital Status
Married	1015	278	28.6	25.2-32.2	737	71.4	67.8-74.8
Other	656	460	71.8	67.1-76.1	196	28.2	23.9-32.9
Income
14,999 or less	450	371	85.4	80.8-89.2	79	14.6	10.8-19.2
15,000-24,999	257	164	65.6	57.9-72.6	93	34.4	27.4-42.1
25,000-49,999	305	100	33.8	27.4-40.8	205	66.2	59.2-72.6
50,000 or more	543	25	5.2	3.3- 8.2	518	94.8	91.8-96.7
WIC recipient
No	949	210	22.5	19.2-26.1	739	77.5	73.9-80.8
Yes	705	518	75.5	71.3-79.3	187	24.5	20.7-28.7
Medicaid recipient
No	793	52	7.1	5.1- 9.8	741	92.9	90.2-94.9
Yes	878	686	79.6	76.0-82.7	192	20.4	17.3-24.0
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	768	356	50.5	47.0-53.9	412	49.5	46.1-53.0
2500+ grams	903	382	46.3	43.0-49.6	521	53.7	50.4-57.0

*Note: Insurance does not include Medicaid

#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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