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? TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW LONG TO WAIT BEFORE GETTING PREGNANT AGAIN1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 671 320 48.8 44.2-53.4 351 51.2 46.6-55.8
Age
< 25 years 131 47 40.0 30.2-50.6 84 60.0 49.4-69.8
25-34 years 393 186 50.1 44.2-55.9 207 49.9 44.1-55.8
35+ years 147 87 55.4 45.8-64.6 60 44.6 35.4-54.2
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 363 186 50.2 44.2-56.3 177 49.8 43.7-55.8
Non-Hispanic Black 123 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 119 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Education
< High School 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 128 *** *** *** *** *** ***
> High School 476 247 53.3 48.0-58.6 229 46.7 41.4-52.0
Marital Status
Married 437 222 49.2 43.7-54.8 215 50.8 45.2-56.3
Other 234 98 48.0 40.1-56.0 136 52.0 44.0-59.9
Medicaid recipient
No 367 200 54.3 48.3-60.2 167 45.7 39.8-51.7
Yes 304 120 42.1 35.3-49.1 184 57.9 50.9-64.7
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 227 93 40.1 33.7-47.0 134 59.9 53.0-66.3
2500+ grams 444 227 49.5 44.6-54.5 217 50.5 45.5-55.4

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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