NC PRAMS 2008~` : (What were your or your husband's or partner's reasons for not doing anything to keep from getting pregnant? I DIDN'T MIND IF I GOT PREGNANT*)

2008 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

CONTRACEPTION

What were your or your husband's or partner's reasons for not doing anything to keep from getting pregnant? I DIDN'T MIND IF I GOT PREGNANT*

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	427	284	67.0	61.7-71.9	143	33.0	28.1-38.3
Age
< 20 years	74	59	82.7	70.5-90.6	15	17.3	9.4-29.5
20-24 years	142	105	75.5	66.3-82.8	37	24.5	17.2-33.7
25-34 years	154	88	57.4	48.4-65.9	66	42.6	34.1-51.6
35+ years	57	32	51.5	37.7-65.0	25	48.5	35.0-62.3
Race
White	255	154	61.4	54.6-67.9	101	38.6	32.1-45.4
Black	152	118	78.1	69.2-84.9	34	21.9	15.1-30.8
Other	20	12	64.9	41.2-83.1	8	35.1	16.9-58.8
Hispanic origin
Yes	53	40	79.3	64.4-89.0	13	20.7	11.0-35.6
No	374	244	65.1	59.4-70.4	130	34.9	29.6-40.6
Education
< High School	105	83	77.2	66.7-85.1	22	22.8	14.9-33.3
High School	152	107	72.2	63.0-79.9	45	27.8	20.1-37.0
> High School	170	94	55.0	46.7-63.1	76	45.0	36.9-53.3
Marital Status
Married	181	91	50.1	42.1-58.2	90	49.9	41.8-57.9
Other	246	193	79.3	72.8-84.6	53	20.7	15.4-27.2
Income
14,999 or less	178	138	79.0	71.0-85.2	40	21.0	14.8-29.0
15,000-24,999	61	40	63.8	49.1-76.3	21	36.2	23.7-50.9
25,000-49,999	76	46	60.5	47.6-72.1	30	39.5	27.9-52.4
50,000 or more	76	32	42.3	31.0-54.4	44	57.7	45.6-69.0
WIC recipient
No	176	96	52.4	44.1-60.5	80	47.6	39.5-55.9
Yes	246	183	76.7	70.1-82.3	63	23.3	17.7-29.9
Medicaid recipient
No	120	57	45.4	35.9-55.3	63	54.6	44.7-64.1
Yes	307	227	75.4	69.4-80.5	80	24.6	19.5-30.6
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	152	106	70.8	63.3-77.4	46	29.2	22.6-36.7
2500+ grams	275	178	66.6	60.8-71.9	97	33.4	28.1-39.2

*Asked of mothers that reported that they did not try to get pregnant and were not using anything to keep from getting pregnant

#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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