2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

PHYSICAL ABUSE

During your most recent pregnancy, did 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 776 743 95.2 93.0-96.8 33 4.8 3.2- 7.0
Age
< 25 years 153 141 93.0 86.3-96.6 12 7.0 3.4-13.7
25-34 years 458 442 95.5 92.4-97.4 16 4.5 2.6- 7.6
35+ years 165 160 97.0 92.6-98.8 *** *** ***
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 401 390 97.4 94.6-98.7 11 2.6 1.3- 5.4
Non-Hispanic Black 145 136 92.8 85.1-96.7 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 158 147 89.9 82.0-94.6 11 10.1 5.4-18.0
Education
< High School 96 90 93.4 83.9-97.4 *** *** ***
High School 160 149 95.0 89.6-97.7 11 5.0 2.3-10.4
> High School 520 504 95.7 92.7-97.5 16 4.3 2.5- 7.3
Marital Status
Married 477 464 96.8 94.1-98.3 13 3.2 1.7- 5.9
Other 299 279 92.9 88.2-95.8 20 7.1 4.2-11.8
Medicaid recipient
No 410 401 97.9 95.5-99.0 *** *** ***
Yes 366 342 92.2 87.9-95.1 24 7.8 4.9-12.1
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 270 261 96.0 92.4-98.0 *** *** ***
2500+ grams 506 482 95.2 92.7-96.8 24 4.8 3.2- 7.3

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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