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 THOUGHT I COULD NOT GET PREGNANT AT THAT TIME1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 224 151 67.8 59.7-74.9 73 32.2 25.1-40.3
Age
< 25 years 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
25-34 years 122 84 72.5 61.4-81.4 38 27.5 18.6-38.6
35+ years 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Education
< High School 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
> High School 121 85 72.6 62.1-81.0 36 27.4 19.0-37.9
Marital Status
Married 88 68 82.0 71.1-89.4 20 18.0 10.6-28.9
Other 136 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Medicaid recipient
No 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Yes 140 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 93 63 69.3 58.9-78.1 30 30.7 21.9-41.1
2500+ grams 131 88 67.6 58.6-75.5 43 32.4 24.5-41.4

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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