NC PRAMS 2004: (During the 12 months before you got pregnant, did an ex-husband or ex-partner push, hit, slap, kick, choke, or physically hurt you in any other way?)

2004 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

ABUSE

During the 12 months before you got pregnant, did an ex-husband or ex-partner push, hit, slap, kick, choke, or physically hurt you in any other way?

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	1562	1492	95.4	93.8-96.6	70	4.6	3.4- 6.2
Age
< 20 years	164	150	93.3	86.5-96.8	14	6.7	3.2-13.5
20-24 years	405	371	91.3	87.0-94.3	34	8.7	5.7-13.0
25-34 years	801	782	97.5	95.6-98.6	19	2.5	1.4- 4.4
35+ years	192	189	97.8	92.1-99.4	3	2.2	0.6- 7.9
Race
White	1076	1030	95.8	94.0-97.1	46	4.2	2.9- 6.0
Black	422	398	93.3	88.9-96.0	24	6.7	4.0-11.1
Other	64	64	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Hispanic origin
Yes	175	165	94.1	88.4-97.1	10	5.9	2.9-11.6
No	1387	1327	95.6	93.9-96.8	60	4.4	3.2- 6.1
Education
< High School	317	291	91.5	86.6-94.7	26	8.5	5.3-13.4
High School	446	418	94.1	90.5-96.4	28	5.9	3.6- 9.5
> High School	796	780	98.0	96.4-98.9	16	2.0	1.1- 3.6
Marital Status
Married	964	949	98.3	96.9-99.0	15	1.7	1.0- 3.1
Other	598	543	90.9	87.3-93.5	55	9.1	6.5-12.7
Income
14,999 or less	461	420	91.0	86.9-93.9	41	9.0	6.1-13.1
15,000-24,999	243	229	93.4	88.0-96.5	14	6.6	3.5-12.0
25,000-49,999	318	310	97.2	93.6-98.8	8	2.8	1.2- 6.4
50,000 or more	420	417	99.8	99.5-99.9	3	0.2	0.1- 0.5
WIC recipient
No	793	781	99.5	98.5-99.8	12	0.5	0.2- 1.5
Yes	759	701	91.2	88.2-93.5	58	8.8	6.5-11.8
Medicaid recipient
No	719	711	99.2	97.7-99.8	8	0.8	0.2- 2.3
Yes	843	781	92.2	89.5-94.3	62	7.8	5.7-10.5
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	700	666	94.7	92.7-96.2	34	5.3	3.8- 7.3
2500+ grams	862	826	95.4	93.7-96.7	36	4.6	3.3- 6.3

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50.
N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
The percentages shown are weighted percentages, designed to reflect the entire population of North Carolina women having a live birth.

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