2005 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

Preconception Health Indicators Women 18-44

Percentage of women having a live birth who were not trying to get pregnant at the time of conception and neither they nor their husbands or partners were doing anything to keep from getting pregnant?

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	No			Yes
		N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	361	158	45.7	39.2-52.3	203	54.3	47.7-60.8
Age
18-19 years	41	20	49.5	30.3-68.8	21	50.5	31.2-69.7
20-24 years	124	51	42.4	31.8-53.8	73	57.6	46.2-68.2
25-34 years	163	74	48.0	38.5-57.6	89	52.0	42.4-61.5
35-44 years	33	13	42.7	23.9-63.9	20	57.3	36.1-76.1
Race
White	214	99	47.3	39.3-55.3	115	52.7	44.7-60.7
Black	133	52	38.9	27.9-51.1	81	61.1	48.9-72.1
Other	14	7	69.5	36.4-90.0	7	30.5	10.0-63.6
Hispanic origin
Yes	58	23	43.8	30.3-58.2	35	56.2	41.8-69.7
No	303	135	46.3	39.0-53.7	168	53.7	46.3-61.0
Education
< High School	81	42	48.7	35.8-61.8	39	51.3	38.2-64.2
High School	132	53	41.5	30.8-53.1	79	58.5	46.9-69.2
> High School	147	63	47.5	37.6-57.6	84	52.5	42.4-62.4
Marital Status
Married	155	61	43.6	34.5-53.1	94	56.4	46.9-65.5
Other	206	97	47.3	38.4-56.4	109	52.7	43.6-61.6
Income
14,999 or less	158	72	45.3	35.4-55.6	86	54.7	44.4-64.6
15,000-24,999	67	33	50.6	35.6-65.5	34	49.4	34.5-64.4
25,000-49,999	60	19	37.3	23.3-53.7	41	62.7	46.3-76.7
50,000 or more	36	21	62.2	42.3-78.7	15	37.8	21.3-57.7
WIC recipient
No	141	67	50.1	40.1-60.1	74	49.9	39.9-59.9
Yes	215	89	42.8	34.4-51.7	126	57.2	48.3-65.6
Medicaid recipient
No	96	47	54.6	42.7-66.1	49	45.4	33.9-57.3
Yes	265	111	42.1	34.6-50.0	154	57.9	50.0-65.4
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	172	71	42.3	35.2-49.8	101	57.7	50.2-64.8
2500+ grams	189	87	46.0	39.0-53.2	102	54.0	46.8-61.0

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