1998 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

		No			Yes
Demographic Groups	Total Respondents†	N	%	95% C.I.†	N	%	95% C.I.†
Total	73	29	27.9	16.4-43.4	44	72.1	56.6-83.6
Age
< 20 years	16	5	20.4	5.7-51.9	11	79.6	48.1-94.3
20-24 years	24	11	32.1	11.8-62.6	13	67.9	37.4-88.2
25-34 years	24	9	28.4	11.0-55.8	15	71.6	44.2-89.0
35+ years	9	4	37.6	7.8-81.1	5	62.4	18.9-92.2
Mother's Race
White	40	18	32.2	16.0-54.2	22	67.8	45.8-84.0
African American	31	10	24.4	10.0-48.5	21	75.6	51.5-90.0
Other Minorities	2	1	7.1	0.5-55.1	1	92.9	44.9-99.5
Hispanic origin
Yes	7	2	22.7	3.2-72.1	5	77.3	27.9-96.8
No	66	27	28.8	16.6-45.3	39	71.2	54.7-83.4
Education
< High School	30	9	20.4	7.8-43.6	21	79.6	56.4-92.2
High School	26	13	42.8	20.1-69.0	13	57.2	31.0-79.9
> High School	17	7	21.5	5.4-56.4	10	78.5	43.6-94.6
Marital Status
Married	32	12	31.5	15.0-54.5	20	68.5	45.5-85.0
Other	41	17	24.6	11.0-46.3	24	75.4	53.7-89.0
Income
15,999 or less	38	12	23.6	10.0-46.2	26	76.4	53.8-90.0
16,000-24,999	10	6	34.0	6.8-78.5	4	66.0	21.5-93.2
25,000-39,999	10	5	43.4	15.5-76.1	5	56.6	23.9-84.5
40,000 or more	7	4	38.4	7.5-82.7	3	61.6	17.3-92.5
WIC recipient
No	27	9	25.0	9.6-51.3	18	75.0	48.7-90.4
Yes	44	18	26.2	12.7-46.5	26	73.8	53.5-87.3
Medicaid recipient
No	15	7	35.7	13.4-66.4	8	64.3	33.6-86.6
Yes	58	22	25.4	13.1-43.3	36	74.6	56.7-86.9
Infant's birth weight
Under 1500 grams	15	7	48.2	24.9-72.3	8	51.8	27.7-75.1
1500-2499 grams	27	14	52.0	33.3-70.0	13	48.0	30.0-66.7
2500+ grams	31	8	25.0	12.9-42.9	23	75.0	57.1-87.1

*Survey Question:
Since you had your new baby, did any of these things happen to you as a result of physical abuse by
anyone? 66b. I felt pain that hurt the next day

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