2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

CONTRACEPTION

When you got pregnant with your new baby, were you or your husband or partner doing anything to keep from getting pregnant?1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 370 236 63.5 57.3-69.2 134 36.5 30.8-42.7
Age
< 25 years 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
25-34 years 206 130 63.6 55.5-71.1 76 36.4 28.9-44.5
35+ years 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 148 93 62.1 52.3-71.0 55 37.9 29.0-47.7
Non-Hispanic Black 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Education
< High School 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***
> High School 210 129 62.6 54.7-70.0 81 37.4 30.0-45.3
Marital Status
Married 158 98 63.4 54.4-71.6 60 36.6 28.4-45.6
Other 212 138 63.5 55.1-71.2 74 36.5 28.8-44.9
Medicaid recipient
No 143 97 70.2 61.1-78.0 46 29.8 22.0-38.9
Yes 227 139 58.6 50.3-66.4 88 41.4 33.6-49.7
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 134 90 67.1 58.4-74.8 44 32.9 25.2-41.6
2500+ grams 236 146 63.1 56.4-69.3 90 36.9 30.7-43.6

1Asked of mothers who reported not trying to get pregnant.
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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