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2006 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 Believe 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 1,365 224 19.0 16.4-21.9 135 9.3 7.6-11.5 201 12.9 10.9-15.1 239 16.5 14.2-19.1 566 42.3 39.0-45.6
GENDER
Male 930 102 14.5 11.7-17.8 135 12.6 10.2-15.5 144 13.2 10.8-15.9 151 16.1 13.3-19.3 398 43.6 39.6-47.7
Female 435 122 31.7 26.3-37.5 0 0.0 . - . 57 12.0 8.9-16.1 88 17.8 14.1-22.2 168 38.5 33.2-44.1
RACE
White 937 151 20.5 17.3-24.1 118 12.2 9.7-15.2 147 14.3 11.8-17.3 151 14.9 12.4-17.8 370 38.0 34.3-41.9
African American 222 39 18.5 12.8-26.1 9 3.6 1.6- 7.9 28 9.4 6.1-14.1 45 17.2 12.2-23.7 101 51.3 42.8-59.7
Asian 16 5 20.5 7.0-46.8 1 16.8 2.6-60.9 2 12.7 3.1-40.1 3 17.0 4.9-44.8 5 33.0 12.4-63.1
Native American 40 7 13.3 4.4-34.2 3 8.8 2.6-25.9 7 9.2 3.6-21.5 5 9.8 3.1-27.0 18 58.9 36.5-78.1
Other Minorities 144 22 14.1 8.3-23.0 3 2.1 0.6- 7.4 17 11.3 6.6-18.6 33 23.4 15.4-33.8 69 49.1 39.1-59.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 144 21 13.8 7.9-22.9 1 1.1 0.2- 7.2 17 10.1 5.9-16.9 34 24.5 16.3-35.1 71 50.5 40.4-60.7
-English Speaking 43 7 12.9 5.2-28.7 1 5.0 0.7-28.0 5 7.8 3.1-18.5 8 18.3 8.5-35.1 22 56.0 38.0-72.5
-Spanish Speaking 101 14 14.0 7.3-25.4 0 0.0 . - . 12 10.7 5.7-19.2 26 26.2 16.5-38.9 49 49.1 37.3-61.0
Non-Hispanic 1,221 203 19.9 17.1-22.9 134 10.7 8.7-13.2 184 13.3 11.2-15.8 205 15.2 13.0-17.7 495 40.9 37.4-44.4
AGE
18-24 69 26 35.3 23.2-49.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.1 0.8-19.5 5 5.1 1.9-13.1 36 55.5 41.4-68.8
25-34 302 106 34.9 28.7-41.6 5 2.4 0.6- 9.4 28 9.4 6.1-14.2 24 7.4 4.3-12.5 139 45.8 39.1-52.7
35-44 425 86 19.2 15.2-24.0 26 7.5 4.8-11.5 49 9.7 7.1-13.1 106 25.9 21.0-31.6 158 37.7 32.3-43.4
45-54 283 5 1.8 0.7- 4.7 52 19.6 14.5-25.9 50 16.7 12.2-22.4 59 22.1 16.7-28.7 117 39.8 32.7-47.3
55-59 263 0 0.0 . - . 52 19.4 14.2-26.1 66 25.6 19.6-32.6 44 15.6 11.0-21.5 101 39.5 32.6-46.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 179 25 16.3 10.1-25.3 12 7.0 3.0-15.5 31 15.1 9.7-22.7 39 22.4 15.2-31.7 72 39.2 30.6-48.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 395 51 16.4 12.0-21.9 49 10.9 7.9-14.8 57 11.5 8.6-15.1 68 16.7 12.8-21.5 170 44.6 38.6-50.7
Some Post-H.S. 322 49 18.2 13.4-24.3 40 12.7 8.9-17.9 40 10.0 6.8-14.5 64 18.5 14.0-24.1 129 40.5 33.7-47.7
College Graduate 468 99 23.0 18.6-28.1 34 7.1 4.5-10.8 73 14.8 11.3-19.0 68 12.1 9.1-16.0 194 43.0 37.6-48.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 78 6 8.2 3.3-19.1 5 10.3 2.6-32.7 11 12.9 6.0-25.4 20 24.6 14.4-38.8 36 44.0 30.4-58.6
$15,000- 24,999 190 31 16.6 10.7-24.9 7 3.1 1.3- 7.5 23 12.6 7.5-20.3 29 11.6 6.9-18.7 100 56.1 46.8-64.9
$25,000- 34,999 160 33 28.3 20.1-38.2 17 10.3 6.1-17.0 21 10.4 6.4-16.4 29 17.2 10.8-26.2 60 33.9 25.6-43.2
$35,000- 49,999 221 37 20.7 14.7-28.2 28 10.9 7.2-16.2 37 13.3 9.2-19.0 34 15.3 10.7-21.5 85 39.8 32.4-47.7
$50,000-74,999 215 36 18.5 12.9-25.8 25 11.0 7.1-16.8 23 7.2 4.5-11.4 42 19.3 13.6-26.7 89 43.9 35.8-52.5
$75,000+ 384 63 17.3 13.2-22.4 48 12.7 9.0-17.7 65 15.7 11.9-20.5 67 16.1 12.3-20.8 141 38.2 32.1-44.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 382 44 11.5 8.2-15.9 54 14.5 10.1-20.3 62 15.8 11.6-21.1 65 16.4 12.3-21.5 157 41.9 35.8-48.4
No 977 180 21.7 18.5-25.3 81 7.6 5.9- 9.8 138 11.9 9.8-14.4 172 16.6 13.8-19.7 406 42.2 38.3-46.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 268 23 10.2 6.5-15.5 43 13.5 9.6-18.6 45 15.4 10.8-21.3 45 14.5 10.4-19.9 112 46.4 38.9-54.1
Non-Veteran 1,097 201 21.0 18.0-24.3 92 8.4 6.4-10.9 156 12.3 10.2-14.8 194 17.0 14.4-20.0 454 41.3 37.7-45.1

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* This question was asked of female respondents who reported being ages 18-50 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 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.

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