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| Total Respond.# |
Tubes tied | Vasectomy | Pill | Condoms | Other | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 902 | 184 | 23.4 | 18.8-28.7 | 86 | 8.0 | 6.0-10.7 | 354 | 35.6 | 31.0-40.5 | 172 | 20.4 | 16.2-25.4 | 106 | 12.5 | 9.4-16.4 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Female | 902 | 184 | 23.4 | 18.8-28.7 | 86 | 8.0 | 6.0-10.7 | 354 | 35.6 | 31.0-40.5 | 172 | 20.4 | 16.2-25.4 | 106 | 12.5 | 9.4-16.4 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 660 | 126 | 22.6 | 17.1-29.2 | 79 | 10.6 | 7.9-14.1 | 272 | 39.1 | 33.4-45.2 | 114 | 17.6 | 12.9-23.5 | 69 | 10.1 | 7.0-14.3 |
| African American | 186 | 50 | 30.0 | 20.6-41.3 | 5 | 2.2 | 0.5- 8.9 | 61 | 25.9 | 18.5-34.9 | 38 | 22.2 | 14.2-32.9 | 32 | 19.8 | 12.2-30.5 |
| Other Minorities | 42 | 5 | 13.4 | 4.5-33.8 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 4.4 | 17 | 34.3 | 18.5-54.5 | 15 | 38.1 | 20.7-59.3 | 3 | 13.2 | 3.6-38.2 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 27 | 3 | 19.0 | 4.4-54.5 | 2 | 2.4 | 0.5-10.2 | 12 | 28.6 | 12.3-53.3 | 4 | 15.8 | 3.6-48.6 | 6 | 34.3 | 10.6-69.8 |
| No | 874 | 181 | 23.7 | 19.0-29.1 | 84 | 8.3 | 6.2-11.0 | 342 | 36.0 | 31.3-41.0 | 167 | 20.3 | 16.1-25.4 | 100 | 11.8 | 8.9-15.5 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 179 | 7 | 4.6 | 1.7-12.0 | 2 | 1.8 | 0.4- 6.9 | 92 | 41.6 | 31.8-52.2 | 48 | 29.6 | 20.2-41.2 | 30 | 22.3 | 13.7-34.1 |
| 25-34 | 384 | 54 | 16.3 | 11.4-22.8 | 20 | 5.8 | 3.2-10.3 | 187 | 47.7 | 40.0-55.6 | 76 | 20.2 | 14.0-28.4 | 47 | 9.9 | 6.6-14.6 |
| 35-44 | 339 | 123 | 45.1 | 36.3-54.1 | 64 | 15.1 | 10.8-20.9 | 75 | 17.3 | 12.3-23.6 | 48 | 14.0 | 9.5-20.2 | 29 | 8.5 | 5.1-13.8 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 46 | 19 | 48.0 | 26.5-70.3 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-11.5 | 6 | 12.5 | 4.4-30.7 | 12 | 24.4 | 9.0-51.0 | 8 | 13.5 | 4.7-33.2 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 240 | 66 | 32.7 | 23.3-43.7 | 22 | 6.7 | 3.7-11.9 | 70 | 24.1 | 16.9-33.3 | 45 | 18.6 | 12.4-27.1 | 37 | 17.9 | 11.0-27.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 276 | 56 | 22.7 | 16.5-30.5 | 30 | 9.1 | 5.3-15.0 | 107 | 41.0 | 33.1-49.5 | 51 | 17.1 | 11.5-24.6 | 32 | 10.1 | 6.2-15.9 |
| College Graduate | 339 | 43 | 8.9 | 5.9-13.0 | 33 | 10.0 | 6.5-15.1 | 170 | 47.6 | 39.4-56.0 | 64 | 24.2 | 16.7-33.7 | 29 | 9.3 | 5.7-14.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 58 | 12 | 37.3 | 17.6-62.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 16 | 22.3 | 10.6-41.1 | 17 | 20.1 | 9.3-38.0 | 13 | 20.3 | 9.7-37.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 150 | 27 | 19.2 | 11.2-31.0 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.9 | 58 | 32.8 | 23.5-43.8 | 40 | 28.2 | 18.9-39.8 | 22 | 18.4 | 10.9-29.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 152 | 32 | 27.4 | 15.2-44.2 | 11 | 7.0 | 3.1-14.9 | 70 | 41.3 | 29.6-54.0 | 25 | 15.2 | 8.0-27.0 | 14 | 9.1 | 3.9-19.8 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 184 | 45 | 26.3 | 17.9-36.9 | 22 | 10.5 | 5.6-18.8 | 67 | 36.0 | 27.0-46.1 | 34 | 20.3 | 13.3-29.7 | 16 | 6.9 | 3.4-13.5 |
| $50,000+ | 267 | 48 | 18.4 | 12.7-25.7 | 43 | 13.6 | 9.2-19.7 | 106 | 37.2 | 28.4-47.0 | 41 | 18.7 | 10.8-30.2 | 29 | 12.2 | 6.7-21.2 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||||||||
| Buncombe | 56 | 10 | 16.5 | 8.3-29.9 | 10 | 21.0 | 10.0-39.0 | 23 | 41.1 | 27.0-56.9 | 10 | 15.8 | 7.9-29.2 | 3 | 5.6 | 1.7-16.4 |
| Cumberland | 61 | 12 | 18.3 | 10.2-30.7 | 3 | 3.7 | 1.2-11.2 | 26 | 49.0 | 35.7-62.4 | 14 | 21.0 | 12.0-34.2 | 6 | 7.9 | 3.5-16.9 |
| Durham | 67 | 10 | 15.6 | 7.3-30.2 | 3 | 4.0 | 1.3-11.9 | 30 | 46.2 | 32.5-60.4 | 18 | 26.7 | 16.3-40.6 | 6 | 7.5 | 3.2-16.5 |
| Forsyth | 50 | 14 | 22.8 | 13.1-36.8 | 5 | 9.4 | 3.7-22.1 | 16 | 30.7 | 18.9-45.7 | 9 | 20.5 | 10.6-36.1 | 6 | 16.4 | 7.1-33.8 |
| Gaston | 78 | 18 | 20.4 | 12.6-31.3 | 5 | 5.7 | 2.3-13.4 | 29 | 39.1 | 28.1-51.3 | 16 | 21.7 | 13.0-34.0 | 10 | 13.1 | 7.0-23.0 |
| Guilford | 54 | 6 | 10.2 | 4.3-22.2 | 2 | 3.8 | 0.9-14.0 | 24 | 46.4 | 32.3-61.1 | 16 | 29.8 | 17.8-45.4 | 6 | 9.8 | 4.3-20.7 |
| Mecklenburg | 67 | 10 | 16.3 | 8.3-29.6 | 12 | 16.8 | 8.7-29.9 | 26 | 41.4 | 28.9-55.3 | 11 | 17.7 | 9.1-31.6 | 8 | 7.7 | 3.7-15.4 |
| New Hanover | 63 | 8 | 10.4 | 5.1-20.1 | 7 | 11.1 | 5.2-22.2 | 30 | 48.9 | 35.4-62.5 | 12 | 21.3 | 11.6-35.6 | 6 | 8.3 | 3.6-17.7 |
| Onslow | 85 | 17 | 17.0 | 10.4-26.4 | 8 | 7.3 | 3.5-14.7 | 38 | 45.9 | 34.8-57.4 | 8 | 11.9 | 5.6-23.5 | 14 | 17.9 | 10.4-29.0 |
| Wake | 72 | 11 | 13.3 | 7.2-23.1 | 5 | 6.5 | 2.6-15.0 | 30 | 39.1 | 27.6-51.9 | 14 | 23.9 | 14.0-37.6 | 12 | 17.3 | 9.5-29.4 |
| Western NC | 61 | 16 | 25.9 | 15.9-39.4 | 7 | 8.2 | 3.7-17.2 | 21 | 37.3 | 25.2-51.1 | 7 | 11.1 | 5.0-22.8 | 10 | 17.5 | 9.1-31.1 |
| Piedmont NC | 88 | 28 | 28.5 | 17.6-42.7 | 7 | 4.6 | 1.9-10.9 | 24 | 29.5 | 19.7-41.8 | 19 | 26.4 | 15.2-41.8 | 10 | 10.9 | 5.7-20.0 |
| Eastern NC | 100 | 24 | 29.7 | 19.2-42.9 | 12 | 9.7 | 5.2-17.6 | 37 | 30.9 | 20.7-43.3 | 18 | 15.3 | 9.1-24.6 | 9 | 14.4 | 7.1-26.9 |
* 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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