2018 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

SOCIAL SUPPORT

Since you delivered your new baby, would you have the kinds of help listed below if you needed them? SOMEONE TO HELP ME IF I WERE SICK AND NEEDED TO BE IN BED1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 870 118 13.6 11.1-16.6 752 86.4 83.4-88.9
Age
< 25 years 194 31 15.8 10.7-22.6 163 84.2 77.4-89.3
25-34 years 500 67 12.8 9.7-16.7 433 87.2 83.3-90.3
35+ years 176 20 13.2 8.0-20.9 156 86.8 79.1-92.0
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 484 54 11.3 8.4-15.0 430 88.7 85.0-91.6
Non-Hispanic Black 152 23 14.7 8.7-23.6 129 85.3 76.4-91.3
Non-Hispanic Other 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 152 26 18.4 12.5-26.4 126 81.6 73.6-87.5
Education
< High School 104 20 19.2 11.7-29.9 84 80.8 70.1-88.3
High School 183 38 20.4 14.4-28.2 145 79.6 71.8-85.6
> High School 582 60 10.5 7.8-14.0 522 89.5 86.0-92.2
Marital Status
Married 566 59 10.7 8.2-13.8 507 89.3 86.2-91.8
Other 304 59 18.4 13.6-24.6 245 81.6 75.4-86.4
Medicaid recipient
No 490 53 12.0 9.1-15.8 437 88.0 84.2-90.9
Yes 380 65 15.5 11.5-20.6 315 84.5 79.4-88.5
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 265 41 16.5 12.4-21.7 224 83.5 78.3-87.6
2500+ grams 605 77 13.4 10.7-16.6 528 86.6 83.4-89.3

1Asked of all mothers.
2Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50.

*** This estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards.
N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).

The percentages shown are weighted percentages, designed to reflect the entire population of North Carolina women having a live birth.
The overall weighted response rate in 2018 was 53%.

This page was generated on 10OCT19

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