1997 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

		No			Yes
Demographic Groups	Total Respondents†	N	%	95% C.I.†	N	%	95% C.I.†
Total	841	134	16.4	13.2-20.2	707	83.6	79.8-86.8
Age
< 20 years	126	24	18.7	10.8-30.3	102	81.3	69.7-89.2
20-24 years	219	34	19.2	12.6-28.0	185	80.8	72.0-87.4
25-34 years	401	66	16.0	11.8-21.5	335	84.0	78.5-88.2
35+ years	95	10	7.5	2.7-19.0	85	92.5	81.0-97.3
Mother's Race
White	565	75	12.5	9.2-16.6	490	87.5	83.4-90.8
African American	251	51	24.6	17.5-33.4	200	75.4	66.6-82.5
Other Minorities	25	8	27.9	10.3-56.6	17	72.1	43.4-89.7
Hispanic origin
Yes	18	7	50.6	16.7-84.0	11	49.4	16.0-83.3
No	823	127	15.9	12.7-19.7	696	84.1	80.3-87.3
Education
< High School	164	40	20.2	12.6-30.7	124	79.8	69.3-87.4
High School	289	51	21.4	15.4-29.1	238	78.6	70.9-84.6
> High School	388	43	11.0	7.5-15.7	345	89.0	84.3-92.5
Marital Status
Married	559	79	14.1	10.6-18.5	480	85.9	81.5-89.4
Other	282	55	20.8	14.8-28.6	227	79.2	71.4-85.2
Income
15,999 or less	262	68	25.8	18.7-34.5	194	74.2	65.5-81.3
16,000-24,999	130	23	21.9	12.9-34.8	107	78.1	65.2-87.1
25,000-39,999	138	18	16.6	9.9-26.3	120	83.4	73.7-90.1
40,000 or more	260	16	5.7	3.1-10.2	244	94.3	89.8-96.9
WIC recipient
No	460	48	10.6	7.4-15.1	412	89.4	84.9-92.6
Yes	375	85	23.0	17.5-29.7	290	77.0	70.3-82.5
Medicaid recipient
No	429	45	11.1	7.9-15.5	384	88.9	84.5-92.1
Yes	412	89	22.2	16.8-28.9	323	77.8	71.1-83.2
Infant's birth weight
Under 1500 grams	171	25	15.4	10.6-21.9	146	84.6	78.1-89.4
1500-2499 grams	266	48	18.5	14.1-23.8	218	81.5	76.2-85.9
2500+ grams	402	61	16.3	12.8-20.5	341	83.7	79.5-87.2

*Survey Question:
Since your delivery, would you have the kinds of help listed below if you needed them? 57a.
Someone to loan me $50

^† Percents based on fewer than 50 total respondents may not be reliable.
Interpret these percentages with caution. C.I. = confidence interval.