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2000 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

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What are your or your husband's or partner's reasons for not doing anything to keep from getting pregnant now? I DON'T THINK I CAN GET PREGNANT (STERILE)

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
		N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	257	242	95.0	89.5-97.7	15	5.0	2.3-10.5
Age
< 20 years	28	27	98.8	91.8-99.8	1	1.2	0.2- 8.2
20-24 years	60	57	94.6	76.5-99.0	3	5.4	1.0-23.5
25-34 years	136	128	97.1	90.4-99.2	8	2.9	0.8- 9.6
35+ years	33	30	85.2	57.9-96.0	3	14.8	4.0-42.1
Race
White	159	150	94.7	86.9-97.9	9	5.3	2.1-13.1
Black	88	83	95.2	82.0-98.9	5	4.8	1.1-18.0
Other	10	9	99.1	93.6-99.9	1	0.9	0.1- 6.4
Hispanic origin
Yes	27	25	89.6	56.4-98.3	2	10.4	1.7-43.6
No	230	217	95.8	90.4-98.2	13	4.2	1.8- 9.6
Education
< High School	51	47	98.6	96.0-99.5	4	1.4	0.5- 4.0
High School	76	73	95.4	79.4-99.1	3	4.6	0.9-20.6
> High School	129	121	93.0	82.5-97.4	8	7.0	2.6-17.5
Marital Status
Married	151	140	93.8	85.1-97.5	11	6.2	2.5-14.9
Other	106	102	96.9	87.2-99.3	4	3.1	0.7-12.8
Income
15,999 or less	81	75	98.1	95.7-99.2	6	1.9	0.8- 4.3
16,000-24,999	22	21	84.8	41.0-97.8	1	15.2	2.2-59.0
25,000-39,999	33	32	99.3	95.2-99.9	1	0.7	0.1- 4.8
40,000 or more	93	88	94.2	82.2-98.3	5	5.8	1.7-17.8
WIC recipient
No	135	128	93.3	82.8-97.5	7	6.7	2.5-17.2
Yes	120	112	96.7	89.6-99.0	8	3.3	1.0-10.4
Medicaid recipient
No	130	123	93.4	83.0-97.6	7	6.6	2.4-17.0
Yes	127	119	96.7	89.7-99.0	8	3.3	1.0-10.3
Infant's birth weight
Under 1500 grams	85	83	97.8	92.4-99.4	2	2.2	0.6- 7.6
1500 - 2499 grams	85	76	89.2	80.9-94.2	9	10.8	5.8-19.1
2500+ grams	87	83	95.5	88.6-98.3	4	4.5	1.7-11.4

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