NC PRAMS 2009~` : (Problem getting prenatal care: I DIDN'T HAVE MY MEDICAID CARD*)

2009 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

PRENATAL CARE-BARRIERS

Problem getting prenatal care: I DIDN'T HAVE MY MEDICAID CARD*

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	FALSE			TRUE
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	241	153	62.4	54.9-69.4	88	37.6	30.6-45.1
Age
< 20 years	46	33	73.2	54.8-86.0	13	26.8	14.0-45.2
20-24 years	83	46	55.0	42.6-66.8	37	45.0	33.2-57.4
25-34 years	92	63	66.2	54.1-76.5	29	33.8	23.5-45.9
35+ years	20	11	53.5	27.5-77.7	9	46.5	22.3-72.5
Race
White	144	92	62.1	52.7-70.6	52	37.9	29.4-47.3
Black	79	50	63.9	49.5-76.1	29	36.1	23.9-50.5
Other	18	11	59.0	31.5-81.9	7	41.0	18.1-68.5
Hispanic origin
Yes	25	13	54.4	33.7-73.7	12	45.6	26.3-66.3
No	216	140	63.8	55.8-71.1	76	36.2	28.9-44.2
Education
< High School	61	36	59.1	43.5-73.1	25	40.9	26.9-56.5
High School	88	54	60.0	47.5-71.4	34	40.0	28.6-52.5
> High School	91	63	67.2	55.4-77.2	28	32.8	22.8-44.6
Marital Status
Married	95	68	69.5	57.8-79.1	27	30.5	20.9-42.2
Other	146	85	58.4	48.6-67.6	61	41.6	32.4-51.4
Income
14,999 or less	75	39	47.1	33.4-61.2	36	52.9	38.8-66.6
15,000-24,999	79	47	59.5	46.7-71.1	32	40.5	28.9-53.3
25,000-49,999	46	32	74.6	58.7-85.9	14	25.4	14.1-41.3
50,000 or more	26	25	94.2	68.5-99.2	1	5.8	0.8-31.5
WIC recipient
No	81	55	72.6	60.0-82.4	26	27.4	17.6-40.0
Yes	160	98	58.1	48.8-66.8	62	41.9	33.2-51.2
Medicaid recipient
No	57	51	89.0	73.8-95.9	6	11.0	4.1-26.2
Yes	184	102	55.1	46.5-63.4	82	44.9	36.6-53.5
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	92	60	64.5	54.2-73.5	32	35.5	26.5-45.8
2500+ grams	149	93	62.2	54.0-69.8	56	37.8	30.2-46.0

*Excludes mothers that did not want prenatal care

~Low participation was a substantial problem for NC PRAMS in 2009.The overall weighted response rate was 63%.

#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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