NC PRAMS 2008~` : (Please tell us if you have heard of the following North Carolina programs. WIC)

2008 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

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Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	1350	114	7.9	6.5- 9.7	1236	92.1	90.3-93.5
Age
< 20 years	146	1	0.2	0.0- 1.4	145	99.8	98.6- 100
20-24 years	322	13	3.7	2.0- 6.8	309	96.3	93.2-98.0
25-34 years	676	80	10.8	8.5-13.6	596	89.2	86.4-91.5
35+ years	206	20	11.0	7.1-16.8	186	89.0	83.2-92.9
Race
White	957	91	8.9	7.1-11.0	866	91.1	89.0-92.9
Black	326	6	1.7	0.6- 4.4	320	98.3	95.6-99.4
Other	67	17	21.6	12.7-34.2	50	78.4	65.8-87.3
Hispanic origin
Yes	187	9	3.8	1.7- 8.1	178	96.2	91.9-98.3
No	1162	105	8.7	7.1-10.7	1057	91.3	89.3-92.9
Education
< High School	261	8	3.4	1.6- 7.1	253	96.6	92.9-98.4
High School	374	15	3.6	1.9- 6.4	359	96.4	93.6-98.1
> High School	711	91	12.5	10.0-15.3	620	87.5	84.7-90.0
Marital Status
Married	815	103	11.8	9.6-14.5	712	88.2	85.5-90.4
Other	535	11	2.4	1.2- 4.5	524	97.6	95.5-98.8
Income
14,999 or less	379	6	1.8	0.7- 4.5	373	98.2	95.5-99.3
15,000-24,999	173	4	1.1	0.3- 4.2	169	98.9	95.8-99.7
25,000-49,999	261	14	5.6	3.2- 9.7	247	94.4	90.3-96.8
50,000 or more	436	81	18.2	14.5-22.4	355	81.8	77.6-85.5
WIC recipient
No	731	105	14.0	11.4-16.9	626	86.0	83.1-88.6
Yes	611	8	1.2	0.5- 2.7	603	98.8	97.3-99.5
Medicaid recipient
No	628	97	15.2	12.4-18.6	531	84.8	81.4-87.6
Yes	722	17	1.9	1.1- 3.4	705	98.1	96.6-98.9
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	447	34	6.9	5.0- 9.5	413	93.1	90.5-95.0
2500+ grams	903	80	8.0	6.5- 9.9	823	92.0	90.1-93.5

#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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