2004 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

PRENATAL CARE-BARRIERS

Here is a list of problems some women can have getting prenatal care. For each item circle Y (YES) if it was a problem for you during your most recent pregnancy? or circle N (NO) if it was not a problem or didn''t apply to you. I DIDN''T HAVE MY MEDICA ID CARD

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
		N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	1462	1299	88.9	86.7-90.8	163	11.1	9.2-13.3
Age
< 20 years	156	126	79.5	69.7-86.8	30	20.5	13.2-30.3
20-24 years	387	336	87.7	82.9-91.3	51	12.3	8.7-17.1
25-34 years	747	675	90.0	86.9-92.4	72	10.0	7.6-13.1
35+ years	172	162	96.7	91.5-98.8	10	3.3	1.2- 8.5
Race
White	1008	902	89.5	86.9-91.7	106	10.5	8.3-13.1
Black	391	340	86.9	81.4-91.0	51	13.1	9.0-18.6
Other	63	57	89.1	75.7-95.6	6	10.9	4.4-24.3
Hispanic origin
Yes	150	123	80.4	71.7-86.9	27	19.6	13.1-28.3
No	1312	1176	90.3	88.0-92.2	136	9.7	7.8-12.0
Education
< High School	295	244	82.0	75.7-87.0	51	18.0	13.0-24.3
High School	422	351	83.3	78.2-87.4	71	16.7	12.6-21.8
> High School	742	701	95.5	93.4-97.0	41	4.5	3.0- 6.6
Marital Status
Married	892	821	92.1	89.6-94.0	71	7.9	6.0-10.4
Other	570	478	84.1	79.7-87.7	92	15.9	12.3-20.3
Income
14,999 or less	441	361	81.1	75.8-85.5	80	18.9	14.5-24.2
15,000-24,999	229	191	83.8	76.7-89.0	38	16.2	11.0-23.3
25,000-49,999	301	275	90.9	86.0-94.2	26	9.1	5.8-14.0
50,000 or more	389	385	98.6	95.8-99.5	4	1.4	0.5- 4.2
WIC recipient
No	738	704	96.3	94.2-97.7	34	3.7	2.3- 5.8
Yes	714	586	81.5	77.5-84.9	128	18.5	15.1-22.5
Medicaid recipient
No	670	659	97.9	95.9-98.9	11	2.1	1.1- 4.1
Yes	792	640	81.5	77.8-84.8	152	18.5	15.2-22.2
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	660	578	86.5	83.7-89.0	82	13.5	11.0-16.3
2500+ grams	802	721	89.1	86.7-91.2	81	10.9	8.8-13.3

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