2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

HEALTH INSURANCE

Postpartum Health Insurance Coverage Sources1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 Private Health Insurance Medicaid, Baby Love, or Health Check Other No Insurance
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 779 345 44.4 40.2-48.6 266 35.0 30.9-39.2 50 7.6 5.6-10.3 118 13.0 10.5-16.0
Age
< 25 years 155 24 16.8 10.5-25.8 95 63.4 53.6-72.2 11 8.0 4.1-14.8 25 11.8 7.1-19.0
25-34 years 459 227 50.2 44.7-55.7 144 29.8 24.9-35.2 25 6.9 4.5-10.5 63 13.1 9.8-17.2
35+ years 165 94 58.9 50.0-67.3 27 17.0 11.1-25.1 14 9.7 5.4-16.8 30 14.5 9.8-20.9
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 401 244 57.9 51.9-63.6 101 27.1 22.0-32.9 30 8.8 5.9-12.8 26 6.3 3.9- 9.9
Non-Hispanic Black 150 42 31.1 22.7-40.9 91 55.4 45.5-65.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 38 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 158 29 21.7 14.7-30.8 43 27.0 19.3-36.4 *** *** *** 81 48.6 39.3-58.0
Education
< High School 93 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 163 24 16.7 10.7-25.2 102 66.1 56.7-74.4 *** *** *** 33 15.2 10.0-22.4
> High School 523 317 60.1 55.0-65.0 125 22.7 18.7-27.3 44 10.4 7.6-14.2 37 6.8 4.6- 9.9
Marital Status
Married 474 294 61.0 55.7-66.1 82 17.4 13.6-22.1 48 12.2 9.0-16.4 50 9.3 6.8-12.6
Other 305 51 18.6 13.7-24.9 184 62.1 55.1-68.6 *** *** *** 68 18.8 14.1-24.7
Medicaid recipient
No 406 314 76.3 71.1-80.9 *** *** *** 46 13.5 9.9-18.1 46 10.2 7.4-14.0
Yes 373 31 8.6 5.6-13.1 266 74.1 68.2-79.2 *** *** *** 72 16.2 12.2-21.2
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 275 103 33.8 28.3-39.8 120 49.0 42.9-55.3 11 3.8 2.1- 6.9 41 13.4 9.8-18.0
2500+ grams 504 242 45.4 40.8-50.0 146 33.6 29.2-38.3 39 8.0 5.8-10.9 77 13.0 10.3-16.3

1Phase 7 (2012-2015) question: What kind of health insurance do you have now?
(a)Private health insurance from my job or the job of my husband, partner or parents
(b)Private health insurance purchased directly from an insurance company
(c)Medicaid, Baby Love, or Health Check
(d)NC Health Choice
(e)TRICARE or other military health care
(f)Some other kind of health insurance
(g)No insurance

Phase 8 (2016-2020) question: What kind of health insurance do you have now?
(a)Private health insurance from my job or the job of my husband or partner
(b)Private health insurance from my parents
(c)Private health insurance from the NC Health Insurance Marketplace, www.ncdhhs.gov, or HealthCare.gov
(d)Medicaid, Baby Love, or Health Check
(e)Health Choice
(f)TRICARE or other military health care
(g)Other health insurance
(h)No insurance

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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