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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Family Planning

What is your main reason for not doing anything to keep you/your partner from getting pregnant?*

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  Total
Respond.#		 Want to get pregnant Had hysterectomy Beleive can't get pregnant vasectomy/Tubes tied Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 811 127 15.0 11.9-18.8 129 17.5 13.9-21.8 111 14.2 11.1-17.9 175 19.1 15.4-23.3 269 34.2 29.2-39.7
GENDER
Male 492 67 12.5 9.0-17.2 69 16.5 12.0-22.2 80 17.1 12.9-22.4 108 19.4 14.8-25.1 168 34.5 28.0-41.6
Female 319 60 19.6 14.2-26.4 60 19.4 14.1-26.2 31 8.8 5.4-13.8 67 18.4 13.2-25.0 101 33.8 26.5-42.1
RACE
White 593 94 14.7 11.1-19.1 94 17.9 13.7-23.1 82 14.2 10.7-18.6 135 20.7 16.3-25.9 188 32.5 26.6-39.1
African American 118 15 14.6 8.1-25.0 22 22.8 13.8-35.4 21 19.1 11.1-30.8 22 16.6 9.0-28.5 38 27.0 17.7-38.8
Asian 14 8 55.8 23.1-84.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 26.3 6.7-64.2 3 17.8 3.0-60.0
Native American 32 2 15.2 2.7-53.5 9 13.7 5.8-29.0 3 6.5 1.7-21.5 10 27.8 11.6-52.9 8 37.0 14.9-66.3
Other Minorities 49 7 9.3 3.8-21.1 3 7.7 2.4-22.2 5 10.1 3.2-27.3 5 4.2 1.3-12.8 29 68.7 50.8-82.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 52 5 7.8 2.8-19.9 4 10.7 3.9-26.1 6 9.0 2.9-25.0 6 5.3 1.8-14.4 31 67.2 49.6-81.0
-English Speaking 18 3 16.9 4.4-47.3 2 21.1 5.3-55.9 4 25.9 7.2-61.2 2 10.1 1.9-40.0 7 25.9 10.0-52.5
-Spanish Speaking 34 2 4.2 0.9-18.1 2 6.7 1.6-24.1 2 2.5 0.4-13.2 4 3.5 1.1-10.8 24 83.1 65.9-92.6
Non-Hispanic 759 122 15.5 12.2-19.5 125 18.0 14.2-22.5 105 14.5 11.3-18.5 169 20.0 16.2-24.6 238 31.9 26.7-37.6
AGE
18-24 51 11 19.6 8.6-39.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 5.0 1.0-20.8 3 6.3 1.0-30.3 34 69.0 46.5-85.1
25-34 193 72 38.1 29.0-48.1 15 6.9 3.5-13.3 7 2.7 1.1- 6.9 20 7.1 3.9-12.8 79 45.1 35.5-55.1
35-44 303 38 10.4 6.9-15.5 73 27.7 20.9-35.8 43 14.3 9.6-20.6 74 21.7 15.6-29.4 75 25.8 19.1-34.0
45-54 174 6 1.7 0.6- 4.5 30 23.6 14.6-35.7 33 20.8 13.2-31.2 49 29.8 20.6-41.0 56 24.2 17.2-33.0
55-64 90 0 0.0 . - . 11 11.3 5.5-21.9 25 35.1 22.9-49.6 29 27.7 17.5-41.0 25 25.9 15.7-39.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 104 10 6.8 3.2-14.0 15 18.8 9.4-34.1 16 19.3 10.8-32.1 21 12.8 7.1-22.0 42 42.3 29.9-55.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 259 30 10.4 6.5-16.3 57 25.6 18.8-33.9 33 10.4 6.6-16.1 62 23.8 17.0-32.1 77 29.8 22.4-38.4
Some Post-H.S. 193 35 18.0 11.4-27.2 22 10.7 5.9-18.5 30 15.6 9.5-24.8 38 15.5 9.2-24.9 68 40.1 28.1-53.5
College Graduate 254 52 22.9 16.0-31.6 35 12.2 7.4-19.4 31 15.2 9.6-23.1 54 19.3 13.4-27.0 82 30.5 23.2-38.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 54 2 5.0 1.0-22.1 5 5.8 1.8-16.9 9 11.0 4.0-26.7 12 16.3 6.9-34.0 26 62.0 42.4-78.3
$15,000- 24,999 115 11 12.9 6.3-24.6 17 17.4 9.0-31.1 12 12.2 5.9-23.4 25 16.3 9.5-26.6 50 41.2 29.1-54.5
$25,000- 34,999 99 19 22.9 13.8-35.6 22 25.3 14.5-40.5 11 10.7 4.9-21.7 18 11.5 6.3-20.0 29 29.6 18.7-43.4
$35,000- 49,999 121 23 26.7 16.2-40.7 25 20.2 11.7-32.6 11 12.2 5.8-23.9 25 16.6 9.0-28.7 37 24.3 15.9-35.3
$50,000-74,999 125 20 8.2 4.2-15.5 22 19.2 11.1-31.0 20 13.8 7.7-23.7 30 25.2 14.8-39.4 33 33.6 19.6-51.2
$75,000+ 164 29 16.9 10.5-25.8 18 10.4 5.1-19.8 34 23.0 15.0-33.4 38 22.7 15.2-32.4 45 27.2 18.8-37.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 44 7 16.2 7.7-30.9 3 4.4 1.3-14.2 6 14.8 6.6-29.8 16 33.1 20.3-49.0 12 31.6 18.7-48.1
Forsyth 52 14 31.2 18.1-48.3 6 6.4 2.8-14.0 5 9.2 3.4-22.7 8 11.3 5.3-22.5 19 41.9 27.6-57.6
Guilford 43 6 10.6 4.4-23.4 5 11.2 4.2-26.3 6 12.2 5.2-26.1 11 22.5 11.7-38.8 15 43.5 27.1-61.4
Henderson/Transylvania 41 8 14.4 6.4-29.4 9 39.5 17.7-66.4 5 9.7 3.1-26.3 11 23.4 11.3-42.2 8 13.1 5.6-27.6
Mecklenburg 48 13 30.7 18.1-47.0 10 16.6 8.6-29.8 5 9.0 3.5-21.2 4 7.2 2.4-19.5 16 36.5 22.6-53.0
Orange 49 8 20.9 10.5-37.3 2 3.1 0.7-12.5 8 18.5 8.9-34.5 6 14.0 5.5-31.1 25 43.5 28.9-59.2
Pitt 51 12 27.2 15.6-43.2 3 4.6 1.3-15.3 5 8.7 3.4-20.3 10 14.2 7.2-26.2 21 45.3 31.1-60.2
Randolph 65 6 10.8 4.8-22.5 10 14.3 7.4-25.8 12 22.2 12.2-37.1 18 24.2 14.9-36.8 19 28.5 17.9-42.2
Robeson 68 8 12.5 5.9-24.3 18 20.4 12.3-32.0 8 14.8 6.6-29.9 13 15.8 8.9-26.5 21 36.6 24.3-50.9
Wake 43 8 19.6 9.7-35.6 3 10.6 2.5-35.4 5 9.8 3.9-22.4 9 19.0 9.6-34.2 18 40.9 25.4-58.4
Western NC 87 10 11.6 6.2-20.9 19 20.9 13.0-31.7 12 12.0 6.6-20.9 21 19.1 12.1-28.9 25 36.3 25.0-49.5
Piedmont NC 118 15 11.2 6.4-18.9 24 21.1 13.6-31.3 13 11.1 6.2-19.1 23 17.6 10.8-27.3 43 39.0 27.7-51.7
Eastern NC 102 12 13.6 7.5-23.6 17 17.3 10.5-27.3 21 21.3 13.8-31.3 25 23.0 14.9-33.7 27 24.8 16.2-35.9

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* This question was asked of female respondents who reported being ages 18-44 years old and not pregnant, of male respondents who reported being ages 18-59 years old and reported NOT using birth control.

First five most frequent response categorie s 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.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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