2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

POSTPARTUM MOM CARE

During your postpartum checkup, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker do any of the following things? GIVE OR PRESCRIBE A CONTRACEPTIVE METHOD SUCH AS THE PILL, PATCH, SHOT OR CONDOMS1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 671 370 53.5 48.9-58.0 301 46.5 42.0-51.1
Age
< 25 years 131 50 36.0 26.6-46.5 81 64.0 53.5-73.4
25-34 years 393 216 54.9 48.9-60.7 177 45.1 39.3-51.1
35+ years 147 104 70.4 61.2-78.2 43 29.6 21.8-38.8
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 363 233 63.2 57.0-69.0 130 36.8 31.0-43.0
Non-Hispanic Black 123 45 35.7 26.2-46.4 78 64.3 53.6-73.8
Non-Hispanic Other 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Education
< High School 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 130 *** *** *** *** *** ***
> High School 473 286 58.3 52.9-63.4 187 41.7 36.6-47.1
Marital Status
Married 436 268 60.4 54.8-65.8 168 39.6 34.2-45.2
Other 235 102 41.4 33.9-49.4 133 58.6 50.6-66.1
Medicaid recipient
No 369 228 60.6 54.6-66.3 141 39.4 33.7-45.4
Yes 302 142 44.8 37.9-51.9 160 55.2 48.1-62.1
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 226 125 53.0 46.1-59.8 101 47.0 40.2-53.9
2500+ grams 445 245 53.5 48.6-58.4 200 46.5 41.6-51.4

1Asked only of mothers who reported having a postpartum checkup for herself
Please visit PRAMS–Annual Questionnaires for the new Phase 8 postpartum checkup questions.
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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