2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

PRENATAL CARE-BARRIERS

Experienced Barriers to Obtaining Prenatal Care1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 778 694 89.8 87.0-92.1 84 10.2 7.9-13.0
Age
< 25 years 155 137 88.3 80.8-93.1 18 11.7 6.9-19.2
25-34 years 457 402 89.7 86.0-92.5 55 10.3 7.5-14.0
35+ years 166 155 92.3 85.3-96.1 11 7.7 3.9-14.7
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 400 350 88.8 84.5-91.9 50 11.2 8.1-15.5
Non-Hispanic Black 151 138 93.7 88.1-96.8 13 6.3 3.2-11.9
Non-Hispanic Other 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 157 146 91.5 84.4-95.6 11 8.5 4.4-15.6
Education
< High School 94 81 84.4 72.9-91.6 13 15.6 8.4-27.1
High School 165 150 92.7 86.6-96.1 15 7.3 3.9-13.4
> High School 519 463 89.9 86.4-92.5 56 10.1 7.5-13.6
Marital Status
Married 473 429 91.1 87.7-93.7 44 8.9 6.3-12.3
Other 305 265 87.8 82.7-91.6 40 12.2 8.4-17.3
Medicaid recipient
No 406 363 90.2 86.3-93.1 43 9.8 6.9-13.7
Yes 372 331 89.4 85.0-92.7 41 10.6 7.3-15.0
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 275 242 87.2 82.3-90.9 33 12.8 9.1-17.7
2500+ grams 503 452 90.1 87.0-92.5 51 9.9 7.5-13.0

1Data in this table are constructed from survey questions 23 and 24 (a-k).
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%.

This page was generated on 06SEP22

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