2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

CONTRACEPTION

What kind of birth control are you or your husband or partner using now to keep from getting pregnant? IUD (INCLUDING MIRENA, PARAGARD, LILETTA, OR SKYLA)1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 615 515 84.4 80.7-87.5 100 15.6 12.5-19.3
Age
< 25 years 116 98 84.6 75.0-91.0 18 15.4 9.0-25.0
25-34 years 371 305 83.5 78.6-87.5 66 16.5 12.5-21.4
35+ years 128 112 87.3 78.5-92.9 16 12.7 7.1-21.5
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 319 262 82.4 76.8-86.8 57 17.6 13.2-23.2
Non-Hispanic Black 110 94 88.0 79.1-93.4 16 12.0 6.6-20.9
Non-Hispanic Other 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 134 115 85.5 76.5-91.4 19 14.5 8.6-23.5
Education
< High School 74 66 87.1 74.2-94.1 *** *** ***
High School 129 104 83.3 73.8-89.8 25 16.7 10.2-26.2
> High School 412 345 84.3 79.8-88.0 67 15.7 12.0-20.2
Marital Status
Married 384 320 83.0 78.0-87.1 64 17.0 12.9-22.0
Other 231 195 86.6 80.7-91.0 36 13.4 9.0-19.3
Medicaid recipient
No 325 273 85.2 80.1-89.1 52 14.8 10.9-19.9
Yes 290 242 83.5 77.6-88.2 48 16.5 11.8-22.4
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 209 173 83.6 77.7-88.2 36 16.4 11.8-22.3
2500+ grams 406 342 84.5 80.4-87.8 64 15.5 12.2-19.6

1Asked only of mothers who reported current use of contraception.

Phase 7 (2012-2015) question: What kind of birth control are you or your husband or partner using now to keep from getting pregnant?
Tubes tied or blocked (female sterilization, Essure, Adiana)
Vasectomy (male sterilization)
Birth control pill
Condoms
Injection (Depo-Provera)
Contraceptive implant (Implanon)
Contraceptive patch (OrthoEvra) or vaginal ring (NuvaRing)
IUD (including Mirena or ParaGard)
Natural family planning (including rhythm method)
Withdrawal (pulling out)
Not having sex (abstinence)
Other

Phase 8 (2016-2020) question: What kind of birth control are you or your husband or partner using now to keep from getting pregnant?
Tubes tied or blocked (female sterilization or Essure)
Vasectomy (male sterilization)
Birth control pills
Condoms
Shots or injection (Depo-Provera)
Contraceptive patch (OrthoEra) or vaginal ring (NuvaRing)
IUD (including Mirena, ParaGard, Liletta, or Skyla)
Contraceptive implant in the arm (Nexplanon or Implanon)
Natural family planning (including rhythm method)
Withdrawal (pulling out)
Not having sex (abstinence)
Other

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 2020 was 45%.

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