2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
CONTRACEPTION
What were your reasons or your husband's or partner's reasons for not doing anything to keep from getting pregnant?*
Reasons for not using birth control Total NO  YES 
Respond.# N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Didn't mind if I got pregnant^ 248 125 51 43.0-58.3 123 49 41.7-57.0
Thought couldn't get pregnant at that time^ 224 151 68 59.7-74.9 73 32 25.1-40.3
I had side effects from the birth control method^ 222 224 88 82.3-92.5  28 12 7.5-17.7 
I had problems getting birth control when I needed it 221 212 97 91.6-98.6 9 3.5 1.4-8.4
I thought my husband or partner or I was sterile 222 213 94 88.5-97.3 9 5.6 2.7-11.5
My husband or partner didn't want to use anything^ 222 180 80 72.7-86.1 42 20 13.9-27.3
I forgot to use a birth control method 223 198 88 80.7-92.1 25 13 7.9-19.3
Other unspecified reasons 228 205 92 86.4-95.2 23 8.1 4.8-13.6
*Asked of mothers that reported that they were not trying to get pregnant and were not using anything to keep from getting pregnant when they conceived.
^Detailed tables are available for the following reasons: Didn't mind getting pregnant; Thought couldn't get pregnant at that time; Side effects from the birth control; Husband/partner didn't want to use anything. 
#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50.
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.