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| Total Respond.# |
Wanted sooner | Wanted later | Wanted then | Didn't want to be pregnant | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 555 | 80 | 13.2 | 9.3-18.4 | 133 | 24.9 | 19.9-30.6 | 247 | 43.9 | 37.7-50.3 | 95 | 18.1 | 13.6-23.6 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Female | 555 | 80 | 13.2 | 9.3-18.4 | 133 | 24.9 | 19.9-30.6 | 247 | 43.9 | 37.7-50.3 | 95 | 18.1 | 13.6-23.6 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 370 | 68 | 17.3 | 11.7-24.9 | 74 | 20.9 | 15.4-27.7 | 185 | 50.4 | 42.6-58.2 | 43 | 11.3 | 7.3-17.2 |
| African American | 138 | 7 | 4.1 | 1.7- 9.9 | 45 | 30.8 | 20.6-43.3 | 44 | 28.2 | 18.6-40.4 | 42 | 36.8 | 25.4-49.9 |
| Other Minorities | 40 | 5 | 12.4 | 3.9-32.7 | 13 | 34.1 | 17.3-56.1 | 15 | 46.8 | 26.5-68.3 | 7 | 6.7 | 2.6-16.1 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 26 | 3 | 8.9 | 2.5-27.1 | 9 | 35.5 | 14.9-63.3 | 11 | 50.2 | 24.9-75.5 | 3 | 5.4 | 1.5-17.9 |
| No | 529 | 77 | 13.4 | 9.3-18.8 | 124 | 24.4 | 19.3-30.3 | 236 | 43.6 | 37.3-50.2 | 92 | 18.6 | 14.0-24.3 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 126 | 7 | 4.0 | 1.6- 9.8 | 65 | 47.8 | 35.3-60.5 | 36 | 37.7 | 25.5-51.7 | 18 | 10.5 | 5.2-20.1 |
| 25-34 | 294 | 48 | 16.0 | 9.7-25.0 | 59 | 18.9 | 13.1-26.3 | 137 | 44.6 | 36.3-53.3 | 50 | 20.6 | 14.1-29.1 |
| 35-44 | 135 | 25 | 20.2 | 12.0-31.9 | 9 | 4.9 | 2.4- 9.9 | 74 | 51.6 | 39.6-63.5 | 27 | 23.3 | 14.0-36.3 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 37 | 3 | 6.2 | 1.7-20.4 | 8 | 24.0 | 9.9-47.5 | 15 | 45.7 | 23.8-69.3 | 11 | 24.1 | 9.5-48.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 156 | 20 | 8.0 | 4.2-14.6 | 41 | 26.7 | 17.8-38.0 | 63 | 45.5 | 34.3-57.1 | 32 | 19.9 | 12.2-30.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 167 | 18 | 11.0 | 6.1-18.9 | 49 | 36.0 | 25.8-47.6 | 72 | 37.7 | 28.0-48.5 | 28 | 15.4 | 8.8-25.5 |
| College Graduate | 194 | 39 | 23.3 | 13.7-36.6 | 35 | 13.1 | 8.6-19.4 | 96 | 47.2 | 36.7-58.0 | 24 | 16.4 | 9.8-26.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 41 | 5 | 3.8 | 1.2-11.3 | 12 | 21.5 | 9.3-42.3 | 10 | 28.5 | 11.6-55.0 | 14 | 46.1 | 24.5-69.4 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 98 | 7 | 3.7 | 1.4- 9.2 | 39 | 43.3 | 29.7-58.0 | 27 | 27.5 | 17.2-40.8 | 25 | 25.5 | 14.8-40.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 95 | 7 | 2.3 | 1.0- 5.3 | 35 | 44.2 | 29.4-60.1 | 40 | 37.9 | 24.9-52.8 | 13 | 15.7 | 7.6-29.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 103 | 15 | 15.5 | 8.3-27.2 | 15 | 13.4 | 7.3-23.2 | 62 | 59.7 | 46.4-71.8 | 11 | 11.4 | 5.2-23.0 |
| $50,000+ | 153 | 34 | 25.6 | 14.5-41.1 | 19 | 11.7 | 6.7-19.4 | 84 | 53.9 | 41.2-66.0 | 16 | 8.8 | 4.1-17.9 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||||||||
| Buncombe | 28 | 4 | 13.2 | 4.6-32.2 | 7 | 21.5 | 9.3-42.3 | 10 | 32.1 | 16.1-53.7 | 7 | 33.2 | 13.1-62.1 |
| Cumberland | 47 | 3 | 7.0 | 2.2-19.9 | 21 | 45.9 | 31.5-61.0 | 13 | 27.8 | 16.2-43.4 | 10 | 19.3 | 10.0-33.9 |
| Durham | 45 | 5 | 8.0 | 3.0-19.6 | 13 | 33.0 | 19.5-50.2 | 17 | 43.3 | 27.4-60.7 | 10 | 15.7 | 7.8-29.1 |
| Forsyth | 30 | 5 | 18.7 | 7.9-38.1 | 6 | 15.8 | 6.7-33.1 | 13 | 45.0 | 27.8-63.5 | 6 | 20.5 | 9.2-39.9 |
| Gaston | 47 | 8 | 18.9 | 9.6-33.7 | 7 | 18.0 | 7.9-36.0 | 23 | 47.2 | 32.5-62.4 | 9 | 16.0 | 7.9-29.5 |
| Guilford | 39 | 1 | 2.4 | 0.3-15.1 | 12 | 30.4 | 17.3-47.7 | 22 | 56.1 | 39.4-71.5 | 4 | 11.2 | 4.0-27.7 |
| Mecklenburg | 38 | 12 | 32.0 | 18.4-49.5 | 9 | 28.8 | 14.8-48.5 | 12 | 23.0 | 12.4-38.6 | 5 | 16.2 | 5.9-37.3 |
| New Hanover | 41 | 5 | 16.4 | 6.0-37.4 | 10 | 23.6 | 12.6-39.8 | 22 | 52.0 | 35.6-68.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 2.9-20.2 |
| Onslow | 58 | 12 | 17.3 | 9.6-29.2 | 12 | 24.3 | 13.3-40.3 | 26 | 43.6 | 30.3-57.9 | 8 | 14.8 | 6.9-28.7 |
| Wake | 32 | 3 | 10.6 | 3.2-29.8 | 3 | 13.1 | 4.2-33.9 | 21 | 66.9 | 46.6-82.4 | 5 | 9.4 | 3.4-23.1 |
| Western NC | 40 | 8 | 12.5 | 5.8-24.7 | 8 | 23.8 | 12.0-41.8 | 21 | 56.8 | 40.0-72.1 | 3 | 6.9 | 2.1-20.9 |
| Piedmont NC | 58 | 8 | 9.5 | 4.0-20.7 | 13 | 22.7 | 12.5-37.8 | 25 | 48.7 | 34.0-63.7 | 12 | 19.0 | 10.2-32.8 |
| Eastern NC | 52 | 6 | 15.0 | 5.2-36.3 | 12 | 25.3 | 14.0-41.4 | 22 | 33.0 | 20.2-49.0 | 12 | 26.7 | 14.8-43.3 |
* This question was asked of female respondents who reported being ages 18-44 years old.
#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.
** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange,
Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey
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