2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

INTENDEDNESS OF PREGNANCY

WAS PREGNANCY INTENDED?1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 UNINTENDED INTENDED WAS NOT SURE
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 777 187 24.8 21.3-28.8 471 58.6 54.3-62.8 119 16.5 13.5-20.1
Age
< 25 years 155 60 41.3 32.0-51.2 65 40.9 31.6-50.8 30 17.8 11.5-26.7
25-34 years 457 107 22.4 18.1-27.3 284 61.9 56.3-67.2 66 15.7 11.9-20.4
35+ years 165 20 12.7 7.6-20.6 122 69.7 60.5-77.5 23 17.6 11.5-25.9
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 397 72 19.2 14.8-24.5 285 70.3 64.4-75.5 40 10.6 7.3-15.1
Non-Hispanic Black 151 58 38.6 29.5-48.5 54 32.9 24.5-42.5 39 28.5 20.4-38.4
Non-Hispanic Other 38 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 159 40 27.0 19.4-36.2 93 58.5 48.9-67.4 26 14.5 9.1-22.4
Education
< High School 96 *** *** *** *** *** *** 19 18.1 10.5-29.3
High School 164 50 33.5 24.9-43.3 80 44.5 35.2-54.2 34 22.0 14.8-31.6
> High School 517 103 20.4 16.5-24.9 348 65.3 60.2-70.1 66 14.4 11.0-18.6
Marital Status
Married 472 63 13.4 10.1-17.5 355 72.7 67.5-77.3 54 14.0 10.4-18.5
Other 305 124 42.4 35.6-49.6 116 37.2 30.7-44.2 65 20.4 15.2-26.7
Medicaid recipient
No 404 58 15.2 11.4-19.9 302 71.8 66.2-76.8 44 13.0 9.4-17.8
Yes 373 129 35.6 29.7-42.0 169 44.0 37.8-50.5 75 20.4 15.6-26.1
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 273 76 31.2 25.6-37.4 153 51.8 45.5-58.0 44 17.0 12.7-22.4
2500+ grams 504 111 24.2 20.4-28.6 318 59.3 54.6-63.8 75 16.5 13.2-20.4

1Phase 7 (2012-2015) question: Question #13: Thinking back to just before you got pregnant with your new baby how did you feel about becoming pregnant?
Mothers who chose the answers : [(b)I wanted to be pregnant sooner or (c) I wanted to be pregnant then] were classified as INTENDED PREGNANCY.
Those who chose [(a)I wanted to be pregnant later or (d)I did not want to be pregnant then or at any time in the future] were classified UNINTENDED PREGNANCY.
Those who reported [(e)I was not sure what I wanted] were listed as WAS NOT SURE.
Mothers who wanted to be pregnant later go to Quetion #14: How much longer did you want to wait to become pregnant?
Less than 1 year
1 year to less than 2 years
2 years to less than 3 years
3 years to 5 years
More than 5 years
All other answer options skipped Question #14.

Phase 7 (2016-2020) question: Question #16: Thinking back to just before you got pregnant with your new baby how did you feel about becoming pregnant?
Mothers who chose the answers : [(b)I wanted to be pregnant sooner or (c) I wanted to be pregnant then] were classified as INTENDED PREGNANCY.
Those who chose [(a)I wanted to be pregnant later or (d)I did not want to be pregnant then or at any time in the future] were classified UNINTENDED PREGNANCY. Those who reported [(e)I was not sure what I wanted] were listed as WAS NOT SURE.

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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