2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

CONTRACEPTION

What method of birth control were you using when you got pregnant? BIRTH CONTROL PILL1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 151 102 66.8 56.9-75.3 49 33.2 24.7-43.1
Age
< 25 years 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
25-34 years 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35+ years 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Education
< High School 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
> High School 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Marital Status
Married 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Medicaid recipient
No 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Yes 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2500+ grams 99 71 67.6 56.8-76.7 28 32.4 23.3-43.2

1Asked of mothers that reported that they did not try to get pregnant and were using at least one method of birth control to keep from getting pregnant at the time of conception.
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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