NC PRAMS 2008~` : (During the 12 months before your new baby was born, how many people, including yourself, depended on this income?)

2008 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

INCOME

During the 12 months before your new baby was born, how many people, including yourself, depended on this income?

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	1 dependent			2 dependents			3 dependents			4 or more dependents
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	1328	129	9.4	7.7-11.3	496	34.2	31.4-37.2	389	30.8	28.1-33.7	314	25.6	23.0-28.4
Age
< 20 years	135	34	24.6	17.1-34.0	52	37.4	28.4-47.5	29	24.3	16.6-34.1	20	13.7	8.2-21.9
20-24 years	314	47	15.7	11.6-20.8	125	35.8	29.9-42.1	93	30.7	25.0-37.0	49	17.9	13.3-23.6
25-34 years	673	45	5.6	3.9- 7.9	259	35.4	31.5-39.5	196	31.3	27.5-35.4	173	27.6	24.0-31.6
35+ years	206	3	1.5	0.4- 5.4	60	25.2	19.2-32.2	71	33.7	27.0-41.2	72	39.6	32.4-47.2
Race
White	944	64	6.5	5.0- 8.6	351	33.7	30.4-37.1	305	33.9	30.6-37.4	224	25.9	22.9-29.2
Black	318	57	18.4	13.9-24.1	118	35.7	29.6-42.2	69	21.7	16.8-27.7	74	24.2	18.9-30.3
Other	66	8	12.0	5.5-24.5	27	36.3	24.5-50.0	15	24.5	14.6-38.2	16	27.2	16.6-41.2
Hispanic origin
Yes	177	11	4.9	2.4-10.1	48	23.7	17.4-31.4	51	29.1	22.1-37.3	67	42.2	34.3-50.7
No	1150	118	10.1	8.3-12.3	448	36.1	33.0-39.3	337	31.1	28.1-34.2	247	22.7	20.0-25.6
Education
< High School	248	17	6.3	3.6-10.8	61	23.6	18.0-30.1	74	31.6	25.3-38.7	96	38.6	31.9-45.7
High School	360	60	15.9	12.1-20.7	124	29.5	24.4-35.2	92	28.1	22.9-34.0	84	26.5	21.5-32.2
> High School	716	52	7.2	5.3- 9.7	309	41.0	37.1-45.0	221	32.0	28.3-35.8	134	19.8	16.8-23.2
Marital Status
Married	817	22	2.2	1.3- 3.7	315	34.1	30.6-37.8	277	36.8	33.1-40.6	203	26.9	23.6-30.5
Other	511	107	20.1	16.5-24.4	181	34.4	29.8-39.3	112	21.9	17.9-26.4	111	23.6	19.5-28.2
Income
14,999 or less	370	78	20.4	16.1-25.6	116	31.1	25.8-37.0	87	23.8	19.0-29.4	89	24.6	19.7-30.2
15,000-24,999	176	17	8.9	5.2-14.8	60	31.1	23.9-39.3	49	30.1	22.9-38.5	50	29.9	22.7-38.2
25,000-49,999	263	21	8.4	5.3-13.1	107	37.1	30.9-43.7	71	28.7	22.9-35.3	64	25.9	20.4-32.2
50,000 or more	441	4	0.4	0.1- 1.6	187	37.5	32.7-42.5	157	38.4	33.5-43.5	93	23.7	19.6-28.4
WIC recipient
No	726	34	4.5	3.1- 6.7	293	35.9	32.2-39.9	237	35.2	31.4-39.2	162	24.3	20.9-28.0
Yes	594	94	14.9	11.9-18.4	200	32.4	28.2-36.8	150	25.7	21.8-30.0	150	27.1	23.1-31.5
Medicaid recipient
No	629	22	3.2	2.0- 5.2	264	37.7	33.6-41.9	216	36.9	32.8-41.2	127	22.2	18.8-26.0
Yes	699	107	14.7	11.9-17.9	232	31.2	27.4-35.3	173	25.6	21.9-29.5	187	28.5	24.8-32.6
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	436	51	12.1	9.3-15.5	189	41.8	37.3-46.4	111	26.0	22.1-30.3	85	20.1	16.6-24.1
2500+ grams	892	78	9.1	7.4-11.2	307	33.6	30.5-36.7	278	31.2	28.3-34.4	229	26.1	23.3-29.1

#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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