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? WITHDRAWAL (PULLING OUT)1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 628 518 81.8 77.9-85.2 110 18.2 14.8-22.1
Age
< 25 years 121 95 77.6 66.9-85.6 26 22.4 14.4-33.1
25-34 years 377 315 83.0 78.0-87.0 62 17.0 13.0-22.0
35+ years 130 108 82.8 74.4-88.9 22 17.2 11.1-25.6
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 330 252 75.2 69.1-80.5 78 24.8 19.5-30.9
Non-Hispanic Black 111 100 93.2 86.9-96.6 11 6.8 3.4-13.1
Non-Hispanic Other 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 135 125 91.2 83.2-95.6 *** *** ***
Education
< High School 76 69 87.2 74.0-94.2 *** *** ***
High School 130 112 85.2 75.5-91.5 18 14.8 8.5-24.5
> High School 422 337 79.7 74.9-83.9 85 20.3 16.1-25.1
Marital Status
Married 392 318 80.4 75.3-84.6 74 19.6 15.4-24.7
Other 236 200 84.1 77.4-89.1 36 15.9 10.9-22.6
Medicaid recipient
No 333 264 78.9 73.4-83.6 69 21.1 16.4-26.6
Yes 295 254 85.0 79.0-89.5 41 15.0 10.5-21.0
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 212 180 85.6 80.2-89.8 32 14.4 10.2-19.8
2500+ grams 416 338 81.5 77.2-85.1 78 18.5 14.9-22.8

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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