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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

Family Planning

How do you feel about having a child now or sometime in the future? Would you say:

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  Total
Respond.^
Do NOT want to have one Do want to have one Not sure if do or don't
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,458 1,437 41.9 39.9-43.9 1,398 40.1 38.1-42.1 623 18.0 16.5-19.7
-Mountain AHEC 179 72 40.9 32.5-49.7 75 39.3 31.3-47.9 32 19.8 13.7-27.9
GENDER
Male 94 39 40.9 29.8-52.9 38 38.2 27.7-49.8 17 21.0 12.8-32.5
Female 85 33 40.8 29.2-53.7 37 41.2 29.7-53.7 15 18.0 10.3-29.5
RACE
White 152 62 41.8 32.8-51.4 60 37.2 28.7-46.4 30 21.0 14.3-29.8
African American 12 4 32.7 11.4-64.8 7 60.8 30.4-84.7 1 6.4 0.9-35.1
Other Minorities 2 1 34.7 3.2-89.5 1 65.3 10.5-96.8 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 26 5 30.1 13.1-55.0 17 57.0 34.7-76.8 4 12.9 4.3-32.9
25-34 65 16 24.9 12.5-43.5 34 53.3 37.7-68.2 15 21.8 12.4-35.6
35-44 57 29 51.3 36.8-65.6 17 22.9 13.6-35.8 11 25.8 14.1-42.5
45-54 (All Males*) 19 15 75.4 48.0-91.0 3 15.7 4.6-41.7 1 8.9 1.3-42.6
55-59 (All Males*) 12 7 47.7 20.8-76.0 4 34.5 12.4-66.3 1 17.8 2.7-62.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 18 6 34.9 14.4-63.0 8 35.9 15.9-62.5 4 29.2 11.1-57.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 52 24 48.2 33.3-63.5 21 40.6 26.4-56.6 7 11.1 4.8-23.8
Some Post-H.S. 47 18 36.7 22.9-53.1 19 41.1 26.9-57.0 10 22.2 10.9-40.0
College Graduate 62 24 40.1 25.4-56.8 27 37.8 24.4-53.4 11 22.1 11.7-37.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 22 9 42.7 21.1-67.5 9 39.1 18.9-63.7 4 18.3 6.2-43.2
$15,000- 24,999 33 10 33.2 17.3-54.3 15 40.5 23.5-60.0 8 26.3 12.2-47.7
$25,000- 34,999 27 9 26.5 13.0-46.4 12 47.6 27.8-68.3 6 25.9 11.3-48.8
$35,000- 49,999 33 13 35.4 19.8-55.0 15 54.4 35.3-72.3 5 10.2 3.6-25.6
$50,000-74,999 29 13 36.6 20.8-55.9 12 42.3 24.2-62.7 4 21.1 8.0-45.2
$75,000+ 16 10 75.7 50.0-90.7 4 12.8 3.8-35.2 2 11.5 2.6-38.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 34 16 46.6 28.0-66.2 13 35.6 19.2-56.2 5 17.9 6.4-41.0
No 143 55 39.3 30.1-49.3 61 40.2 31.2-49.8 27 20.6 13.7-29.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 19 12 64.3 38.7-83.7 6 33.1 14.4-59.3 1 2.6 0.4-17.0
Non-Veteran 158 60 38.8 30.0-48.3 68 40.0 31.4-49.2 30 21.3 14.5-30.0
Currently Serving 2 0 0.0 . - . 1 33.6 3.1-89.0 1 66.4 11.0-96.9

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

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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