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 TIRED AND FEELING FRUSTRATED WITH MY NEW BABY1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 860 103 11.2 9.0-13.8 757 88.8 86.2-91.0
Age
< 25 years 192 20 7.3 4.4-11.7 172 92.7 88.3-95.6
25-34 years 494 63 12.1 9.2-15.8 431 87.9 84.2-90.8
35+ years 174 20 13.6 8.3-21.5 154 86.4 78.5-91.7
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 477 51 9.6 7.1-13.0 426 90.4 87.0-92.9
Non-Hispanic Black 151 13 8.0 4.0-15.4 138 92.0 84.6-96.0
Non-Hispanic Other 59 *** *** *** 52 89.9 78.1-95.7
Latina 151 28 20.0 13.9-27.9 123 80.0 72.1-86.1
Education
< High School 102 19 18.3 11.3-28.1 83 81.7 71.9-88.7
High School 183 35 16.6 11.5-23.5 148 83.4 76.5-88.5
> High School 574 49 8.2 6.0-11.3 525 91.8 88.7-94.0
Marital Status
Married 557 54 9.8 7.4-12.8 503 90.2 87.2-92.6
Other 303 49 13.4 9.5-18.6 254 86.6 81.4-90.5
Medicaid recipient
No 483 46 9.6 7.0-12.9 437 90.4 87.1-93.0
Yes 377 57 13.0 9.6-17.4 320 87.0 82.6-90.4
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 262 35 14.5 10.6-19.6 227 85.5 80.4-89.4
2500+ grams 598 68 10.9 8.6-13.7 530 89.1 86.3-91.4

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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