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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sexual Behavior (Asked July--December Only)-FEMALES

Some people use condoms to keep from getting infected with HIV through sexual activity.
How effective do you think a properly use condom is for this purpose?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Very effective Somewhat effective Not at all effective Don't know how effective Don't know method
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,667 756 44.9 41.9-48.0 696 42.7 39.6-45.8 86 5.2 4.0- 6.8 112 6.0 4.8- 7.4 17 1.2 0.7- 2.0
RACE
White 1,159 488 41.7 38.1-45.4 517 45.4 41.7-49.2 64 6.1 4.5- 8.2 76 5.5 4.2- 7.1 14 1.3 0.7- 2.3
African American 316 187 59.6 52.8-66.0 97 30.8 25.0-37.4 14 3.8 2.0- 6.9 16 4.6 2.5- 8.5 2 1.2 0.3- 4.8
Asian 24 10 46.5 23.4-71.1 11 46.2 23.3-70.8 1 0.8 0.1- 5.7 1 1.7 0.2-11.5 1 4.9 0.7-28.0
Native American 37 17 50.3 31.6-68.8 15 37.5 21.2-57.2 3 8.1 2.2-25.7 2 4.1 1.0-15.9 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 124 52 39.3 29.1-50.4 52 45.4 34.6-56.7 4 1.9 0.7- 5.2 16 13.4 7.6-22.7 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 132 55 42.4 32.4-53.0 55 41.2 31.4-51.9 4 2.4 0.7- 7.3 17 12.3 7.1-20.6 1 1.7 0.2-11.2
-English Speaking 52 23 44.1 28.3-61.1 24 45.1 29.1-62.3 1 2.8 0.4-17.2 3 4.2 1.2-13.3 1 3.8 0.5-22.6
-Spanish Speaking 79 31 39.5 27.6-52.9 31 38.9 27.3-52.0 3 2.1 0.7- 6.5 14 19.4 10.7-32.6 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 1,530 699 45.2 42.0-48.4 638 42.8 39.6-46.1 82 5.6 4.2- 7.2 95 5.4 4.2- 6.8 16 1.1 0.7- 1.9
AGE
18-24 121 54 44.3 33.9-55.2 53 46.1 35.4-57.1 7 5.8 2.5-12.6 5 2.6 1.0- 6.9 2 1.2 0.3- 5.0
25-34 489 243 48.5 43.4-53.7 197 41.8 36.7-47.0 26 4.8 3.1- 7.3 20 4.4 2.6- 7.4 3 0.5 0.1- 1.7
35-44 696 306 44.1 39.8-48.5 295 41.9 37.7-46.3 41 5.8 4.0- 8.4 48 6.9 4.9- 9.6 6 1.2 0.5- 3.1
45-49 344 148 40.7 34.7-46.9 141 42.2 36.1-48.5 12 4.5 2.3- 8.8 38 10.5 7.4-14.6 5 2.2 0.9- 5.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 152 61 39.2 29.7-49.7 51 37.0 27.2-48.1 8 5.6 2.0-14.2 29 15.7 10.2-23.4 3 2.5 0.6- 9.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 417 189 43.2 36.9-49.7 164 42.7 36.0-49.6 24 5.9 3.5- 9.8 33 6.4 4.2- 9.7 7 1.8 0.8- 4.2
Some Post-H.S. 486 205 43.6 38.1-49.3 225 45.2 39.7-50.8 28 5.4 3.4- 8.4 25 5.3 3.3- 8.3 3 0.5 0.2- 1.7
College Graduate 610 300 48.7 43.9-53.5 255 42.0 37.4-46.9 26 4.6 3.0- 7.0 25 3.8 2.4- 5.9 4 0.9 0.3- 2.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 126 52 49.4 38.2-60.8 51 33.8 24.5-44.5 6 4.8 2.0-11.3 15 9.0 5.0-15.8 2 3.0 0.6-13.5
$15,000- 24,999 218 104 45.3 37.3-53.5 87 45.6 37.5-54.0 15 5.4 3.0- 9.4 11 3.5 1.9- 6.4 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8
$25,000- 34,999 184 81 42.3 33.9-51.2 75 40.4 32.1-49.4 13 8.2 4.1-15.5 14 8.6 4.5-15.7 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6
$35,000- 49,999 267 120 44.5 36.9-52.2 123 47.0 39.2-54.9 12 4.7 2.4- 8.9 10 3.2 1.6- 6.2 2 0.7 0.2- 3.1
$50,000-74,999 275 130 46.8 39.5-54.3 113 41.5 34.4-49.1 14 5.1 2.9- 8.9 15 5.2 2.9- 9.3 3 1.3 0.4- 4.1
$75,000+ 422 203 48.5 42.8-54.2 171 40.8 35.4-46.4 15 3.7 2.0- 6.7 29 6.0 3.9- 9.0 4 1.0 0.3- 2.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 396 174 47.1 40.8-53.5 157 36.7 30.9-42.9 25 7.0 4.1-11.5 35 7.9 5.3-11.7 5 1.3 0.5- 3.3
No 1,268 582 44.4 40.9-47.9 536 44.4 40.9-48.0 61 4.7 3.5- 6.4 77 5.4 4.1- 7.0 12 1.1 0.6- 2.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 53 30 49.1 33.8-64.6 20 48.0 32.7-63.7 1 1.8 0.2-11.6 2 1.1 0.3- 4.9 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Veteran 1,614 726 44.8 41.7-47.9 676 42.5 39.4-45.7 85 5.4 4.1- 7.0 110 6.1 4.9- 7.6 17 1.2 0.7- 2.1

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*This question was asked of respondents less than age 50 who had sexual intercourse in the last 12 months.

^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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