2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

HEALTH INSURANCE

Health Insurance Coverage Sources for Prenatal Care1

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 767 329 42.9 38.7-47.1 344 44.7 40.4-49.0 52 8.1 6.0-10.9 42 4.4 3.1- 6.1
Age
< 25 years 152 15 10.5 5.8-18.4 120 79.8 70.9-86.5 11 7.4 3.7-14.2 *** *** ***
25-34 years 451 224 49.8 44.2-55.3 182 38.6 33.3-44.2 26 7.7 5.0-11.5 19 4.0 2.4- 6.5
35+ years 164 90 59.0 50.1-67.3 42 22.2 15.7-30.3 15 10.5 6.0-17.8 17 8.3 4.9-13.7
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 397 233 55.9 49.9-61.8 127 33.7 28.2-39.8 30 8.7 5.9-12.8 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 148 37 27.1 19.2-36.7 98 63.2 53.2-72.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 38 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 154 29 22.9 15.7-32.2 90 55.5 46.0-64.7 *** *** *** 30 18.8 12.8-26.7
Education
< High School 90 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 21 19.6 12.1-30.2
High School 161 22 14.9 9.4-23.0 125 78.4 69.8-85.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
> High School 516 303 58.5 53.4-63.5 156 29.0 24.5-34.0 46 10.8 7.9-14.6 11 1.6 0.8- 3.2
Marital Status
Married 469 285 59.6 54.2-64.8 116 24.4 20.0-29.4 49 12.6 9.3-16.8 19 3.4 2.1- 5.7
Other 298 44 16.9 12.3-22.8 228 76.1 69.8-81.5 *** *** *** 23 5.8 3.6- 9.2
Medicaid recipient
No 398 313 78.2 73.0-82.6 *** *** *** 50 15.0 11.2-19.9 35 6.8 4.6- 9.8
Yes 369 16 3.4 1.9- 6.1 344 94.5 91.4-96.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 270 93 30.9 25.5-36.8 152 59.9 53.7-65.8 12 4.2 2.3- 7.5 13 5.0 2.8- 8.6
2500+ grams 497 236 44.0 39.5-48.6 192 43.2 38.6-48.0 40 8.5 6.2-11.5 29 4.3 2.9- 6.3

1Phase 7 (2012-2015) question: During your most recent pregnancy, what kind of health insurance did you have to pay for your prenatal care?
(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 your most recent pregnancy, what kind of health insurance did you have for your prenatal care?
(a)Did not go for prenatal care
(b)Private health insurance from my job or the job of my husband or partner
(c)Private health insurance from my parents
(d)Private health insurance from the NC Health Insurance Marketplace, www.ncdhhs.gov, or HealthCare.gov
(e)Medicaid, Baby Love, or Health Check
(f)Health Choice
(g)TRICARE or other military health care
(h)Other health insurance
(i)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%.

This page was generated on 06SEP22

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