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	848	327	38.6	34.1-43.3	521	61.4	56.7-65.9
Age
< 20 years	128	85	67.0	55.0-77.2	43	33.0	22.8-45.0
20-24 years	221	128	62.7	53.5-71.0	93	37.3	29.0-46.5
25-34 years	403	95	21.3	16.2-27.4	308	78.7	72.6-83.8
35+ years	96	19	6.6	2.8-14.8	77	93.4	85.2-97.2
Mother's Race
White	570	178	31.4	26.2-37.0	392	68.6	63.0-73.8
African American	254	134	54.5	45.5-63.1	120	45.5	36.9-54.5
Other Minorities	24	15	55.5	29.3-78.9	9	44.5	21.1-70.7
Hispanic origin
Yes	19	13	82.3	46.6-96.1	6	17.7	3.9-53.4
No	829	314	37.8	33.3-42.6	515	62.2	57.4-66.7
Education
< High School	166	129	78.4	67.7-86.2	37	21.6	13.8-32.3
High School	291	133	44.7	36.7-52.9	158	55.3	47.1-63.3
> High School	391	65	15.5	11.2-21.1	326	84.5	78.9-88.8
Marital Status
Married	566	135	22.0	17.6-27.2	431	78.0	72.8-82.4
Other	282	192	71.1	63.1-77.9	90	28.9	22.1-36.9
Income
15,999 or less	264	188	72.1	63.6-79.3	76	27.9	20.7-36.4
16,000-24,999	131	60	54.5	41.6-66.9	71	45.5	33.1-58.4
25,000-39,999	140	31	21.8	14.0-32.4	109	78.2	67.6-86.0
40,000 or more	261	11	3.2	1.3- 7.6	250	96.8	92.4-98.7
WIC recipient
No	464	72	11.2	7.8-15.8	392	88.8	84.2-92.2
Yes	378	253	69.7	62.9-75.7	125	30.3	24.3-37.1
Medicaid recipient
No	435	23	4.6	2.5- 8.1	412	95.4	91.9-97.5
Yes	413	304	77.0	70.7-82.3	109	23.0	17.7-29.3
Infant's birth weight
Under 1500 grams	172	81	50.2	42.6-57.7	91	49.8	42.3-57.4
1500-2499 grams	264	114	46.7	40.5-52.9	150	53.3	47.1-59.5
2500+ grams	410	131	37.9	33.0-43.0	279	62.1	57.0-67.0

*Survey Question:
6. Just before you got pregnant, did you have health insurance? Don't count Medicaid.

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