2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

CONTRACEPTION

What were your reasons or your husband's or partner's reasons for not doing anything to keep from getting pregnant? MY HUSBAND OR PARTNER DIDN'T WANT TO USE ANYTHING1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 222 180 80.2 72.7-86.1 42 19.8 13.9-27.3
Age
< 25 years 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
25-34 years 120 95 77.8 66.5-86.1 25 22.2 13.9-33.5
35+ years 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 82 69 86.5 73.7-93.7 13 13.5 6.3-26.3
Non-Hispanic Black 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Education
< High School 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
> High School 121 100 84.8 75.5-91.0 21 15.2 9.0-24.5
Marital Status
Married 86 79 93.6 84.2-97.6 *** *** ***
Other 136 101 70.8 60.0-79.8 35 29.2 20.2-40.0
Medicaid recipient
No 84 74 86.9 75.5-93.4 *** *** ***
Yes 138 106 75.4 64.8-83.7 32 24.6 16.3-35.2
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 89 70 77.7 67.2-85.5 19 22.3 14.5-32.8
2500+ grams 133 110 80.5 72.1-86.9 23 19.5 13.1-27.9

1Asked of mothers that reported that they did not try to get pregnant and were not using anything to keep from getting 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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