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What are your reasons for not using any birth control now?*

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	Want to get pregnant   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Think, can't get pregnant   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Not having sex   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Other   N       %   C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	154	36  22.0  (15.9-29.6)	37  25.1  (17.9-34.0)	16   8.1  ( 4.8-13.4)	65  44.8  (35.9-54.0)
GENDER
Female	154	36  22.0  (15.9-29.6)	37  25.1  (17.9-34.0)	16   8.1  ( 4.8-13.4)	65  44.8  (35.9-54.0)
RACE
White	104	28  26.1  (18.1-36.0)	30  31.5  (21.9-42.9)	8   5.3  ( 2.5-10.8)	38  37.1  (27.0-48.6)
African American	34	4  10.6  ( 3.8-26.5)	5  16.7  ( 6.6-36.4)	5  11.1  ( 4.4-25.7)	20  61.5  (42.2-77.8)
AGE
18-24	16	2  12.6  ( 3.1-39.4)	2   8.2  ( 1.8-29.9)	2  12.6  ( 3.1-39.4)	10  66.6  (40.9-85.2)
25-34	63	25  37.7  (25.5-51.7)	9  18.2  ( 8.3-35.3)	6   6.7  ( 2.8-15.0)	23  37.4  (24.3-52.7)
35-44	75	9  10.9  ( 5.6-20.4)	26  35.7  (24.7-48.5)	8   8.1  ( 3.9-16.3)	32  45.2  (32.7-58.3)
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	10	1  12.4  ( 1.7-53.3)	5  45.9  (18.4-76.1)	2  18.5  ( 4.5-52.4)	2  23.2  ( 4.9-64.0)
H.S. or G.E.D.	58	6  10.4  ( 4.6-21.6)	12  19.6  (11.1-32.4)	5   8.2  ( 3.2-19.2)	35  61.8  (48.0-73.9)
Some Post-H.S.	41	12  24.4  (13.3-40.4)	12  34.4  (18.8-54.4)	4   7.1  ( 2.5-18.7)	13  34.0  (18.5-53.9)
College Graduate	45	17  37.8  (23.6-54.5)	8  16.5  ( 7.9-31.1)	5   6.3  ( 2.5-14.7)	15  39.5  (23.4-58.2)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	5		1  17.9  ( 2.3-67.3)	1  18.6  ( 2.4-68.4)	3  63.5  (20.7-92.0)
$15,000- 24,999	28	3  12.0  ( 3.6-32.9)	5  14.7  ( 5.8-32.6)	5  17.1  ( 6.9-36.4)	15  56.2  (36.4-74.2)
$25,000- 34,999	24	3  13.6  ( 4.4-35.1)	6  23.2  ( 9.5-46.4)	3   9.0  ( 2.7-26.6)	12  54.2  (32.6-74.3)
$35,000- 49,999	28	8  25.6  (12.6-44.9)	8  34.5  (18.3-55.5)	2   7.1  ( 1.5-26.9)	10  32.8  (17.9-52.3)
$50,000+	53	16  25.6  (15.1-39.8)	14  28.2  (15.5-45.6)	3   3.7  ( 1.1-11.8)	20  42.6  (26.9-60.0)

*This question is asked to female respondents who reported being ages 18-44 years old and reported not using birth control.

First three most frequent response categories presented here. OTHER category was formed from the remaining responses.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).

Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.