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2001 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

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What were your or your husband's or partner's reasons for not doing anything to keep from getting pregnant? I HAD PROBLEMS GETTING BIRTH CONTROL WHEN I NEEDED IT

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
		N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	525	491	91.7	87.7-94.5	34	8.3	5.5-12.3
Age
< 20 years	106	93	80.9	68.0-89.4	13	19.1	10.6-32.0
20-24 years	178	168	90.7	82.7-95.2	10	9.3	4.8-17.3
25-34 years	189	182	98.2	93.1-99.6	7	1.8	0.4- 6.9
35+ years	52	48	95.0	78.7-99.0	4	5.0	1.0-21.3
Race
White	303	288	93.9	89.0-96.6	15	6.1	3.4-11.0
Black	203	187	88.1	79.4-93.4	16	11.9	6.6-20.6
Other	19	16	87.5	53.1-97.7	3	12.5	2.3-46.9
Hispanic origin
Yes	53	50	89.8	72.9-96.6	3	10.2	3.4-27.1
No	471	440	92.0	87.7-94.9	31	8.0	5.1-12.3
Education
< High School	167	157	90.2	81.3-95.2	10	9.8	4.8-18.7
High School	205	187	90.0	82.6-94.4	18	10.0	5.6-17.4
> High School	151	146	97.0	90.3-99.1	5	3.0	0.9- 9.7
Marital Status
Married	223	214	94.2	88.0-97.3	9	5.8	2.7-12.0
Other	302	277	89.8	83.8-93.8	25	10.2	6.2-16.2
Income
15,999 or less	233	214	90.2	83.0-94.6	19	9.8	5.4-17.0
16,000-24,999	63	56	85.2	68.2-93.9	7	14.8	6.1-31.8
25,000-39,999	69	67	97.5	85.8-99.6	2	2.5	0.4-14.2
40,000 or more	95	94	98.3	89.0-99.8	1	1.7	0.2-11.0
WIC recipient
No	200	197	97.9	92.2-99.5	3	2.1	0.5- 7.8
Yes	324	293	88.1	82.2-92.2	31	11.9	7.8-17.8
Medicaid recipient
No	178	175	96.5	89.5-98.9	3	3.5	1.1-10.5
Yes	347	316	89.2	83.6-93.0	31	10.8	7.0-16.4
Infant's birth weight
Under 1500 grams	115	109	94.8	89.5-97.5	6	5.2	2.5-10.5
1500 - 2499 grams	167	158	94.5	89.8-97.1	9	5.5	2.9-10.2
2500+ grams	243	224	91.4	86.9-94.5	19	8.6	5.5-13.1

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