BRFSS 2002 - North Carolina: (What are you or your husband/wife/partner doing now to keep from getting pregnant?*)

2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Family Planning--MALE Respondents Only

What are you or your husband/wife/partner doing now to keep from getting pregnant?*

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	Total Respond.#	Tubes tied	Vasectomy	Pill	Condoms	Other
TOTAL	857	201	23.1	19.4-27.3	129	12.8	10.0-16.3	260	31.8	27.3-36.6	158	16.0	12.6-20.1	109	16.3	12.4-21.1
RACE
White	643	156	22.4	18.3-27.2	120	16.3	12.6-20.7	211	35.5	30.2-41.3	90	13.4	9.7-18.2	66	12.4	8.7-17.5
African American	128	29	29.4	19.4-42.0	4	3.5	1.0-11.7	27	20.8	12.8-32.0	45	25.9	16.6-37.9	23	20.4	11.6-33.1
Asian	14	1	17.9	2.6-64.2	2	13.6	2.3-51.6	2	5.3	1.1-23.0	6	37.2	12.3-71.5	3	25.9	5.5-67.9
Native American	17	7	42.7	13.5-78.1	1	1.9	0.2-14.0	4	14.0	3.8-39.8	3	9.6	2.2-32.9	2	31.9	5.8-78.1
Other Minorities	52	7	15.1	6.7-30.3	1	2.1	0.3-14.0	16	25.9	13.6-43.8	14	19.1	9.1-35.8	14	37.8	19.1-60.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic	61	10	15.3	7.1-29.7	3	0.7	0.2- 2.5	16	23.0	11.9-39.8	14	16.4	7.8-31.1	18	44.6	25.9-65.0
-English Speaking	22	7	34.6	13.9-63.4	3	2.7	0.7- 9.4	5	31.6	10.9-63.6	5	26.9	9.2-57.3	2	4.2	0.9-16.8
-Spanish Speaking	39	3	8.1	2.4-23.5	0	0.0	. - .	11	19.8	8.7-39.0	9	12.4	4.7-29.1	16	59.7	37.2-78.7
Non-Hispanic	796	191	24.0	20.1-28.5	126	14.3	11.2-18.1	244	32.9	28.2-37.9	144	16.0	12.4-20.3	91	12.9	9.7-16.9
AGE
18-24	82	3	3.8	0.7-18.6	0	0.0	. - .	36	38.1	23.9-54.7	28	32.1	19.0-48.9	15	25.9	12.8-45.5
25-34	249	38	16.9	11.6-24.1	10	4.6	2.0-10.2	116	43.7	35.4-52.4	56	17.0	11.5-24.4	29	17.8	11.1-27.2
35-44	283	75	29.0	21.9-37.2	53	17.4	12.2-24.1	81	30.4	23.4-38.6	50	14.5	9.9-20.7	24	8.7	5.2-14.4
45-54	203	76	40.1	30.9-50.0	50	23.8	15.7-34.5	25	14.2	8.2-23.6	18	4.5	2.5- 8.0	34	17.3	10.8-26.5
55-64	40	9	22.9	9.5-45.7	16	49.7	30.2-69.3	2	3.7	0.7-17.9	6	9.8	3.6-24.1	7	13.9	5.7-29.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	99	26	18.5	11.0-29.6	5	1.7	0.5- 5.5	21	21.4	11.9-35.4	22	25.6	13.3-43.7	25	32.8	19.0-50.3
H.S. or G.E.D.	262	87	33.6	25.8-42.3	31	8.5	5.1-13.8	61	22.5	16.3-30.2	46	12.6	8.2-18.9	37	22.8	15.1-33.1
Some Post-H.S.	192	46	23.8	16.5-33.2	34	18.5	11.4-28.6	63	34.6	25.2-45.4	29	11.1	6.0-19.7	20	11.9	6.2-21.5
College Graduate	304	42	13.7	9.5-19.5	59	17.9	12.8-24.4	115	43.9	36.1-52.1	61	19.0	13.8-25.7	27	5.4	3.3- 8.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	47	13	26.5	13.1-46.5	3	5.4	1.6-17.3	11	27.0	10.6-53.5	13	17.6	8.5-32.7	7	23.5	8.9-49.2
$15,000- 24,999	116	27	17.0	10.2-27.1	4	1.1	0.4- 3.4	27	26.2	15.8-40.3	31	21.2	12.6-33.3	27	34.4	20.5-51.8
$25,000- 34,999	127	31	30.3	19.6-43.7	13	7.7	3.1-17.8	39	22.8	14.0-34.8	28	15.8	9.2-25.7	16	23.4	12.2-40.2
$35,000- 49,999	139	37	29.6	19.4-42.4	19	14.6	6.9-28.5	48	34.2	23.1-47.4	22	10.9	5.6-20.0	13	10.6	5.2-20.5
$50,000-74,999	124	26	19.8	12.3-30.3	33	26.5	17.6-37.8	36	29.4	19.8-41.2	19	16.9	9.1-29.4	10	7.4	3.1-16.4
$75,000+	178	36	17.2	11.5-25.1	38	17.2	11.2-25.6	58	41.8	32.0-52.3	23	11.1	6.5-18.3	23	12.6	7.2-21.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	41	10	27.7	13.9-47.6	11	23.9	13.0-39.9	11	27.0	14.8-44.1	7	16.6	7.8-32.0	2	4.8	1.1-18.1
Forsyth	55	12	18.8	10.5-31.4	7	13.2	6.1-26.2	15	23.0	13.5-36.3	12	26.0	13.3-44.5	9	19.0	9.8-33.6
Guilford	46	6	10.9	4.4-24.7	5	11.1	4.4-25.1	14	32.9	19.5-49.8	14	31.2	17.9-48.5	7	13.8	5.7-29.8
Henderson/Transylvania	57	17	29.7	18.7-43.8	13	22.3	12.8-36.0	10	14.7	7.5-26.9	12	26.2	14.9-41.9	5	7.1	2.5-18.3
Mecklenburg	57	11	14.4	7.5-26.1	10	13.8	6.9-25.7	16	33.2	18.7-51.7	13	18.1	9.4-32.0	7	20.5	8.4-42.0
Orange	64	7	10.2	4.7-20.8	12	16.8	9.5-28.0	23	39.2	27.1-52.9	15	22.0	12.9-34.8	7	11.8	5.5-23.6
Pitt	84	14	18.0	9.7-30.8	8	8.5	4.2-16.5	29	29.2	20.5-39.9	22	27.4	17.1-40.7	11	16.9	9.3-28.8
Randolph	51	16	26.4	15.9-40.5	12	21.2	11.8-35.2	17	40.8	26.8-56.4	1	0.7	0.1- 5.0	5	10.9	4.4-24.4
Robeson	50	16	34.8	20.4-52.7	3	4.9	1.5-14.6	13	26.9	14.4-44.8	12	23.5	11.6-41.9	6	9.8	4.1-21.5
Wake	71	11	15.8	8.6-27.1	10	12.2	6.2-22.7	28	42.3	29.9-55.8	14	22.3	12.1-37.5	8	7.4	3.5-14.7
Western NC	89	31	33.6	23.8-45.0	13	11.6	6.6-19.7	23	29.9	19.7-42.6	9	6.8	3.3-13.2	13	18.2	10.1-30.5
Piedmont NC	99	23	24.1	15.7-35.1	14	14.1	7.5-24.9	33	33.3	23.4-44.8	14	16.8	8.8-29.9	15	11.7	6.4-20.4
Eastern NC	93	27	26.3	17.9-37.0	11	10.9	5.8-19.6	28	28.2	19.1-39.4	13	9.9	5.4-17.6	14	24.7	14.5-38.8

Total
Respond.#

Tubes tied

Vasectomy

Pill

Condoms

Other

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

857

201

23.1

19.4-27.3

129

12.8

10.0-16.3

260

31.8

27.3-36.6

158

16.0

12.6-20.1

109

16.3

12.4-21.1

RACE

White

643

156

22.4

18.3-27.2

120

16.3

12.6-20.7

211

35.5

30.2-41.3

13.4

9.7-18.2

12.4

8.7-17.5

African American

128

29.4

19.4-42.0

3.5

1.0-11.7

20.8

12.8-32.0

25.9

16.6-37.9

20.4

11.6-33.1

Asian

17.9

2.6-64.2

13.6

2.3-51.6

5.3

1.1-23.0

37.2

12.3-71.5

25.9

5.5-67.9

Native American

42.7

13.5-78.1

1.9

0.2-14.0

14.0

3.8-39.8

9.6

2.2-32.9

31.9

5.8-78.1

Other Minorities

15.1

6.7-30.3

2.1

0.3-14.0

25.9

13.6-43.8

19.1

9.1-35.8

37.8

19.1-60.9

HISPANIC

Hispanic

15.3

7.1-29.7

0.7

0.2- 2.5

23.0

11.9-39.8

16.4

7.8-31.1

44.6

25.9-65.0

-English Speaking

34.6

13.9-63.4

2.7

0.7- 9.4

31.6

10.9-63.6

26.9

9.2-57.3

4.2

0.9-16.8

-Spanish Speaking

8.1

2.4-23.5

0.0

. - .

19.8

8.7-39.0

12.4

4.7-29.1

59.7

37.2-78.7

Non-Hispanic

796

191

24.0

20.1-28.5

126

14.3

11.2-18.1

244

32.9

28.2-37.9

144

16.0

12.4-20.3

12.9

9.7-16.9

AGE

18-24

3.8

0.7-18.6

0.0

. - .

38.1

23.9-54.7

32.1

19.0-48.9

25.9

12.8-45.5

25-34

249

16.9

11.6-24.1

4.6

2.0-10.2

116

43.7

35.4-52.4

17.0

11.5-24.4

17.8

11.1-27.2

35-44

283

29.0

21.9-37.2

17.4

12.2-24.1

30.4

23.4-38.6

14.5

9.9-20.7

8.7

5.2-14.4

45-54

203

40.1

30.9-50.0

23.8

15.7-34.5

14.2

8.2-23.6

4.5

2.5- 8.0

17.3

10.8-26.5

55-64

22.9

9.5-45.7

49.7

30.2-69.3

3.7

0.7-17.9

9.8

3.6-24.1

13.9

5.7-29.9

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

18.5

11.0-29.6

1.7

0.5- 5.5

21.4

11.9-35.4

25.6

13.3-43.7

32.8

19.0-50.3

H.S. or G.E.D.

262

33.6

25.8-42.3

8.5

5.1-13.8

22.5

16.3-30.2

12.6

8.2-18.9

22.8

15.1-33.1

Some Post-H.S.

192

23.8

16.5-33.2

18.5

11.4-28.6

34.6

25.2-45.4

11.1

6.0-19.7

11.9

6.2-21.5

College Graduate

304

13.7

9.5-19.5

17.9

12.8-24.4

115

43.9

36.1-52.1

19.0

13.8-25.7

5.4

3.3- 8.8

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

26.5

13.1-46.5

5.4

1.6-17.3

27.0

10.6-53.5

17.6

8.5-32.7

23.5

8.9-49.2

$15,000- 24,999

116

17.0

10.2-27.1

1.1

0.4- 3.4

26.2

15.8-40.3

21.2

12.6-33.3

34.4

20.5-51.8

$25,000- 34,999

127

30.3

19.6-43.7

7.7

3.1-17.8

22.8

14.0-34.8

15.8

9.2-25.7

23.4

12.2-40.2

$35,000- 49,999

139

29.6

19.4-42.4

14.6

6.9-28.5

34.2

23.1-47.4

10.9

5.6-20.0

10.6

5.2-20.5

$50,000-74,999

124

19.8

12.3-30.3

26.5

17.6-37.8

29.4

19.8-41.2

16.9

9.1-29.4

7.4

3.1-16.4

$75,000+

178

17.2

11.5-25.1

17.2

11.2-25.6

41.8

32.0-52.3

11.1

6.5-18.3

12.6

7.2-21.1

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

27.7

13.9-47.6

23.9

13.0-39.9

27.0

14.8-44.1

16.6

7.8-32.0

4.8

1.1-18.1

Forsyth

18.8

10.5-31.4

13.2

6.1-26.2

23.0

13.5-36.3

26.0

13.3-44.5

19.0

9.8-33.6

Guilford

10.9

4.4-24.7

11.1

4.4-25.1

32.9

19.5-49.8

31.2

17.9-48.5

13.8

5.7-29.8

Henderson/Transylvania

29.7

18.7-43.8

22.3

12.8-36.0

14.7

7.5-26.9

26.2

14.9-41.9

7.1

2.5-18.3

Mecklenburg

14.4

7.5-26.1

13.8

6.9-25.7

33.2

18.7-51.7

18.1

9.4-32.0

20.5

8.4-42.0

Orange

10.2

4.7-20.8

16.8

9.5-28.0

39.2

27.1-52.9

22.0

12.9-34.8

11.8

5.5-23.6

Pitt

18.0

9.7-30.8

8.5

4.2-16.5

29.2

20.5-39.9

27.4

17.1-40.7

16.9

9.3-28.8

Randolph

26.4

15.9-40.5

21.2

11.8-35.2

40.8

26.8-56.4

0.7

0.1- 5.0

10.9

4.4-24.4

Robeson

34.8

20.4-52.7

4.9

1.5-14.6

26.9

14.4-44.8

23.5

11.6-41.9

9.8

4.1-21.5

Wake

15.8

8.6-27.1

12.2

6.2-22.7

42.3

29.9-55.8

22.3

12.1-37.5

7.4

3.5-14.7

Western NC

33.6

23.8-45.0

11.6

6.6-19.7

29.9

19.7-42.6

6.8

3.3-13.2

18.2

10.1-30.5

Piedmont NC

24.1

15.7-35.1

14.1

7.5-24.9

33.3

23.4-44.8

16.8

8.8-29.9

11.7

6.4-20.4

Eastern NC

26.3

17.9-37.0

10.9

5.8-19.6

28.2

19.1-39.4

9.9

5.4-17.6

24.7

14.5-38.8

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