2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

PHYSICAL ABUSE

In the 12 months before you got pregnant, did any of the following people push, hit, slap, kick, choke, or physically hurt you in any other way? HUSBAND OR PARTNER OR EX-HUSBAND OR EX-PARTNER1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 775 740 95.2 92.9-96.7 35 4.8 3.3- 7.1
Age
< 25 years 153 141 92.3 85.4-96.1 12 7.7 3.9-14.6
25-34 years 457 438 95.4 92.3-97.3 19 4.6 2.7- 7.7
35+ years 165 161 97.8 93.9-99.2 *** *** ***
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 400 386 97.3 94.8-98.7 14 2.7 1.3- 5.2
Non-Hispanic Black 145 137 93.0 85.2-96.8 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 158 148 90.6 82.7-95.1 *** *** ***
Education
< High School 96 88 91.5 81.7-96.3 *** *** ***
High School 160 151 94.9 89.1-97.7 *** *** ***
> High School 519 501 95.9 93.0-97.6 18 4.1 2.4- 7.0
Marital Status
Married 476 463 97.4 95.0-98.7 13 2.6 1.3- 5.0
Other 299 277 91.7 86.8-94.9 22 8.3 5.1-13.2
Medicaid recipient
No 409 399 97.9 95.8-99.0 *** *** ***
Yes 366 341 92.0 87.6-95.0 25 8.0 5.0-12.4
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 270 259 95.8 92.4-97.8 11 4.2 2.2- 7.6
2500+ grams 505 481 95.1 92.6-96.8 24 4.9 3.2- 7.4

1Asked of all mothers.
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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