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? I DIDN'T MIND IF I GOT PREGNANT1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 248 125 50.6 43.0-58.3 123 49.4 41.7-57.0
Age
< 25 years 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
25-34 years 133 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35+ years 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Education
< High School 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
> High School 138 66 43.2 33.8-53.1 72 56.8 46.9-66.2
Marital Status
Married 106 37 29.7 20.7-40.6 69 70.3 59.4-79.3
Other 142 88 68.1 57.9-76.9 54 31.9 23.1-42.1
Medicaid recipient
No 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Yes 144 87 66.6 56.3-75.6 57 33.4 24.4-43.7
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2500+ grams 151 72 50.1 41.7-58.5 79 49.9 41.5-58.3

1Asked of mothers that reported that they were not trying to get pregnant and were not using anything to keep from getting pregnant when they conceived.
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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