2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

HEALTH INSURANCE

Health insurance sources during the month before pregnancy1

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 781 405 51.6 47.4-55.9 150 20.8 17.4-24.7 59 8.7 6.5-11.5 167 18.9 15.8-22.4
Age
< 25 years 155 40 27.8 19.8-37.4 66 44.2 34.7-54.1 14 7.6 3.9-14.1 35 20.5 13.7-29.4
25-34 years 460 263 56.9 51.3-62.3 71 15.6 11.9-20.3 29 8.4 5.6-12.3 97 19.1 15.2-23.7
35+ years 166 102 63.4 54.5-71.4 13 9.4 5.2-16.5 16 11.2 6.5-18.4 35 16.1 10.9-23.1
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 400 272 65.1 59.1-70.6 48 14.0 10.1-19.1 36 9.8 6.8-14.0 44 11.1 7.8-15.7
Non-Hispanic Black 151 63 41.9 32.7-51.7 55 34.1 25.5-44.0 *** *** *** 24 15.7 9.7-24.4
Non-Hispanic Other 39 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 159 33 24.2 16.8-33.5 27 16.7 10.5-25.4 *** *** *** 93 55.8 46.3-65.0
Education
< High School 96 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 163 44 26.9 19.3-36.1 61 38.8 29.7-48.8 *** *** *** 51 30.6 22.5-40.2
> High School 522 355 67.4 62.4-72.1 61 12.2 9.2-16.1 47 10.5 7.7-14.3 59 9.8 7.2-13.3
Marital Status
Married 476 319 66.0 60.7-70.9 41 9.0 6.3-12.9 50 12.3 9.1-16.5 66 12.6 9.6-16.5
Other 305 86 29.5 23.5-36.3 109 39.0 32.2-46.2 *** *** *** 101 28.5 22.7-35.1
Medicaid recipient
No 409 317 77.2 72.1-81.7 *** *** *** 49 14.0 10.3-18.6 43 8.8 6.2-12.4
Yes 372 88 22.9 18.0-28.6 150 44.2 37.9-50.7 *** *** *** 124 30.2 24.7-36.3
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 274 125 42.7 36.7-48.9 66 27.3 22.0-33.4 16 5.7 3.5- 9.3 67 24.3 19.4-30.0
2500+ grams 507 280 52.5 47.8-57.1 84 20.2 16.5-24.4 43 9.0 6.6-12.0 100 18.4 15.1-22.2

1Phase 7 (2012-2015) question: During the month before you got pregnant with your new baby, what kind of health insurance did you have?
(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: During the month before you got pregnant with your new baby, what kind of health insurance did you have?
(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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