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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

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%)
All Participants 30,930 4,479 15.8 15.1-16.5 4,404 12.4 11.8-13.0 2,178 7.4 6.8- 7.9 5,186 14.1 13.5-14.7 14,683 50.4 49.4-51.3
Alabama 366 40 11.1 7.9-15.5 72 17.1 13.4-21.5 19 6.1 3.7- 9.9 77 21.7 17.3-26.9 158 44.0 38.3-49.9
Alaska 396 49 13.6 9.5-19.3 50 13.4 9.3-19.1 28 8.6 5.1-14.2 81 21.3 16.0-27.9 188 43.0 36.0-50.2
Arizona 388 41 14.9 10.1-21.4 58 10.0 7.0-14.1 24 5.1 2.6- 9.6 81 17.5 12.8-23.4 184 52.6 45.0-60.1
Arkansas 469 58 16.2 12.2-21.3 147 28.0 23.8-32.6 34 7.9 5.5-11.2 60 12.0 9.2-15.5 170 35.9 31.2-41.0
California 450 90 20.3 16.4-24.7 30 5.6 3.8- 8.2 61 15.5 11.8-20.1 11 3.0 1.6- 5.9 258 55.6 50.2-60.8
Colorado 487 74 15.5 12.3-19.3 75 14.6 11.6-18.3 39 8.3 5.9-11.6 71 15.6 11.6-20.6 228 46.0 41.1-51.1
Connecticut 778 125 18.5 15.6-21.7 52 4.9 3.6- 6.7 42 4.3 3.0- 6.3 107 12.9 10.3-15.9 452 59.4 55.3-63.4
Delaware 590 92 15.7 12.2-20.0 40 4.5 2.9- 7.0 42 7.9 5.2-11.8 146 24.3 19.1-30.3 270 47.6 41.7-53.6
District of Columbia 291 48 13.4 9.7-18.2 4 2.3 0.7- 6.9 17 5.8 3.5- 9.6 16 6.8 3.8-12.0 206 71.7 64.9-77.7
Florida 747 96 15.2 12.1-18.8 77 10.8 8.4-13.9 39 5.2 3.7- 7.3 119 15.1 12.4-18.2 416 53.8 49.5-58.0
Georgia 705 100 16.3 13.1-19.9 117 14.1 11.4-17.3 60 7.7 5.7-10.3 127 16.7 13.6-20.3 301 45.3 40.5-50.2
Hawaii 784 149 22.7 19.1-26.9 33 3.7 2.4- 5.8 67 7.8 5.9-10.3 52 4.4 3.2- 6.0 483 61.3 56.9-65.6
Idaho 557 93 17.9 14.4-22.0 140 22.8 19.1-27.1 33 5.8 4.0- 8.4 64 11.2 8.6-14.5 227 42.3 37.4-47.3
Illinois 415 49 11.3 8.4-15.0 36 8.6 6.0-12.0 30 7.8 5.3-11.3 68 15.8 12.3-20.0 232 56.6 51.2-61.9
Indiana 733 121 17.0 14.2-20.2 166 20.5 17.5-23.9 28 3.6 2.4- 5.4 86 12.1 9.7-15.1 332 46.7 42.7-50.8
Iowa 457 68 15.3 11.8-19.6 65 15.3 11.6-20.0 46 10.2 7.5-13.8 111 22.6 18.6-27.1 167 36.6 31.7-41.7
Kansas 663 78 12.7 10.1-16.0 122 17.8 14.9-21.1 52 8.2 6.2-10.8 157 23.3 20.0-26.9 254 38.0 34.1-42.1
Kentucky 577 71 16.3 11.8-22.0 118 16.9 13.4-21.2 34 4.1 2.7- 6.2 95 15.4 11.9-19.7 259 47.3 41.5-53.2
Louisiana 685 87 11.8 9.5-14.6 143 20.9 17.7-24.5 38 5.0 3.5- 7.1 124 18.3 15.0-22.2 293 43.9 39.7-48.3
Maine 287 26 9.7 6.6-14.0 41 15.0 11.0-20.2 11 3.5 1.8- 6.5 59 21.4 16.6-27.1 150 50.4 44.2-56.7
Maryland 637 99 18.6 14.6-23.5 44 6.3 4.3- 9.1 41 6.5 4.5- 9.1 97 13.0 10.1-16.5 356 55.6 50.5-60.6
Massachusetts 931 160 16.2 13.7-19.2 60 6.2 4.7- 8.3 55 6.0 4.3- 8.2 131 15.2 12.4-18.5 525 56.4 52.4-60.3
Michigan 730 115 16.5 13.4-20.1 83 10.0 7.8-12.6 80 11.2 8.7-14.4 105 13.3 10.6-16.6 347 49.0 44.5-53.5
Minnesota 695 99 15.0 12.4-18.2 109 14.7 12.1-17.8 22 2.9 1.9- 4.4 208 29.2 25.7-33.0 257 38.1 34.2-42.3
Mississippi 524 63 14.3 10.7-18.8 118 20.9 17.0-25.3 43 9.7 7.0-13.5 115 19.3 15.9-23.1 185 35.8 31.2-40.8
Missouri 600 71 13.8 10.3-18.2 102 13.8 11.0-17.2 30 5.5 3.5- 8.4 116 17.2 13.6-21.5 281 49.8 44.6-54.9
Montana 537 71 15.9 12.2-20.5 83 13.7 10.4-17.8 32 6.5 4.2- 9.8 124 24.2 19.4-29.7 227 39.8 34.5-45.4
Nebraska 520 77 14.7 11.5-18.6 78 14.1 11.1-17.7 50 9.7 7.1-13.1 110 20.7 17.1-24.8 205 40.8 36.0-45.9
Nevada 377 45 12.6 8.8-17.7 61 11.8 8.1-16.8 38 8.6 5.6-13.2 59 14.0 10.0-19.2 174 53.0 46.1-59.9
New Hampshire 662 97 15.8 12.9-19.2 43 6.0 4.4- 8.3 40 5.8 4.2- 8.1 117 17.9 14.9-21.5 365 54.4 50.1-58.6
New Jersey 838 141 18.0 13.5-23.6 27 3.5 1.8- 6.6 48 5.2 2.8- 9.6 78 10.2 7.0-14.5 544 63.1 56.5-69.3
New Mexico 627 69 12.8 9.9-16.4 113 16.3 13.4-19.8 38 5.7 3.9- 8.1 174 26.7 22.8-31.1 233 38.5 34.0-43.2
New York 479 82 16.6 13.1-20.8 55 11.5 8.3-15.7 28 5.0 3.3- 7.6 41 7.7 5.5-10.6 273 59.3 54.0-64.3
North Carolina 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
North Dakota 322 49 16.1 12.3-20.9 67 20.4 16.1-25.5 23 7.1 4.7-10.7 37 10.4 7.4-14.4 146 45.9 40.2-51.8
Ohio 633 81 14.1 11.0-17.9 68 11.1 8.5-14.3 34 5.3 3.7- 7.7 112 17.4 14.2-21.1 338 52.1 47.5-56.7
Oklahoma 897 123 15.5 12.9-18.6 168 18.3 15.7-21.4 55 6.1 4.6- 8.1 257 27.6 24.4-31.0 294 32.4 29.0-36.1
Oregon 320 32 10.8 7.5-15.3 71 19.3 15.2-24.3 19 5.6 3.5- 9.0 43 13.0 9.3-17.9 155 51.3 45.1-57.5
Pennsylvania 1,494 220 15.9 13.6-18.5 248 14.4 12.3-16.9 110 7.6 6.0- 9.7 177 10.3 8.5-12.4 739 51.8 48.4-55.1
Rhode Island 499 78 15.5 12.4-19.3 43 9.2 6.7-12.4 43 9.0 6.5-12.4 60 10.6 8.1-13.9 275 55.7 50.7-60.5
South Carolina 525 78 15.1 11.6-19.4 132 20.7 16.8-25.2 28 6.3 3.9-10.2 57 10.6 7.7-14.4 230 47.3 41.6-53.1
South Dakota 490 96 21.7 17.3-26.8 70 14.0 10.9-17.7 55 10.6 8.0-13.8 74 14.1 11.2-17.7 195 39.7 34.6-44.9
Tennessee 462 63 14.0 10.7-18.0 43 8.5 6.2-11.7 14 2.8 1.6- 4.7 97 21.9 17.6-26.9 245 52.8 47.5-58.1
Texas 727 118 15.2 12.5-18.4 140 18.3 15.4-21.8 28 4.1 2.7- 6.2 78 11.1 8.6-14.2 363 51.3 47.0-55.5
Utah 583 82 14.0 10.6-18.2 160 23.1 19.1-27.7 44 7.8 5.4-11.1 33 4.6 3.0- 7.1 264 50.4 44.8-56.1
Vermont 570 77 14.0 11.2-17.3 49 8.7 6.4-11.6 33 5.6 4.0- 8.0 125 20.6 17.2-24.4 286 51.1 46.5-55.7
Virginia 395 63 16.8 12.5-22.3 56 11.5 8.3-15.8 19 5.0 2.8- 8.8 48 9.0 6.3-12.8 209 57.6 51.1-63.8
Washington 570 106 20.2 16.4-24.7 105 18.5 15.1-22.5 59 10.4 7.8-13.7 56 9.3 7.0-12.2 244 41.6 36.6-46.8
West Virginia 594 58 11.5 8.7-15.0 113 18.7 15.5-22.3 34 5.4 3.8- 7.7 218 34.4 30.4-38.6 171 30.1 26.1-34.3
Wisconsin 429 83 22.1 17.7-27.2 40 9.6 6.8-13.4 40 8.9 6.2-12.6 23 5.7 3.6- 8.8 243 53.8 48.2-59.2
Wyoming 439 61 14.7 11.4-18.7 92 19.5 15.9-23.8 36 8.3 5.9-11.7 58 11.5 8.8-14.9 192 46.0 40.8-51.2
Guam 188 44 22.5 16.6-29.7 9 5.0 2.5- 9.7 8 4.1 2.0- 8.3 20 8.7 4.9-15.0 107 59.7 51.5-67.5
Puerto Rico 687 51 7.1 5.2- 9.7 7 0.9 0.3- 2.3 79 10.6 8.2-13.6 221 28.9 25.1-33.1 329 52.4 47.8-57.0
Virgin Islands 313 45 15.1 10.9-20.6 32 9.0 6.0-13.2 17 5.6 3.2- 9.7 30 10.0 6.8-14.5 189 60.3 53.5-66.7

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* 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.

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