2008 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	505	272	53.3	48.3-58.3	233	46.7	41.7-51.7
Age
18-19 years	72	41	55.6	42.1-68.4	31	44.4	31.6-57.9
20-24 years	178	109	61.7	53.1-69.7	69	38.3	30.3-46.9
25-34 years	203	98	47.4	39.8-55.1	105	52.6	44.9-60.2
35-44 years	52	24	45.1	30.9-60.2	28	54.9	39.8-69.1
Race
White	295	156	52.7	46.2-59.1	139	47.3	40.9-53.8
Black	185	104	54.2	45.7-62.4	81	45.8	37.6-54.3
Other	25	12	54.6	32.7-74.8	13	45.4	25.2-67.3
Hispanic origin
Yes	70	29	37.7	25.5-51.7	41	62.3	48.3-74.5
No	435	243	55.8	50.4-61.0	192	44.2	39.0-49.6
Education
< High School	104	60	56.5	45.5-67.0	44	43.5	33.0-54.5
High School	192	109	55.4	47.2-63.4	83	44.6	36.6-52.8
> High School	208	103	49.4	41.7-57.0	105	50.6	43.0-58.3
Marital Status
Married	206	111	55.9	48.1-63.4	95	44.1	36.6-51.9
Other	299	161	51.6	45.0-58.1	138	48.4	41.9-55.0
Income
14,999 or less	208	128	59.4	51.2-67.0	80	40.6	33.0-48.8
15,000-24,999	93	40	44.8	33.6-56.6	53	55.2	43.4-66.4
25,000-49,999	92	48	50.2	38.9-61.5	44	49.8	38.5-61.1
50,000 or more	74	40	57.8	45.2-69.4	34	42.2	30.6-54.8
WIC recipient
No	196	108	55.4	47.4-63.1	88	44.6	36.9-52.6
Yes	302	161	52.5	46.0-58.9	141	47.5	41.1-54.0
Medicaid recipient
No	121	60	48.5	38.7-58.3	61	51.5	41.7-61.3
Yes	384	212	54.8	48.9-60.5	172	45.2	39.5-51.1
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	182	102	56.5	49.3-63.4	80	43.5	36.6-50.7
2500+ grams	323	170	53.0	47.5-58.4	153	47.0	41.6-52.5

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