NC PRAMS 2009~` : (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?)

2009 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
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	416	196	47.6	42.0-53.3	220	52.4	46.7-58.0
Age
18-19 years	62	39	66.4	51.3-78.8	23	33.6	21.2-48.7
20-24 years	140	73	51.6	42.0-61.1	67	48.4	38.9-58.0
25-34 years	178	69	37.9	29.9-46.6	109	62.1	53.4-70.1
35-44 years	36	15	41.6	24.5-61.0	21	58.4	39.0-75.5
Race
White	259	113	44.7	38.0-51.7	146	55.3	48.3-62.0
Black	141	75	53.5	43.1-63.6	66	46.5	36.4-56.9
Other	16	8	44.5	20.2-71.7	8	55.5	28.3-79.8
Hispanic origin
Yes	48	18	43.3	28.4-59.5	30	56.7	40.5-71.6
No	368	178	48.2	42.2-54.3	190	51.8	45.7-57.8
Education
< High School	87	45	56.0	43.3-67.9	42	44.0	32.1-56.7
High School	143	77	51.1	41.5-60.6	66	48.9	39.4-58.5
> High School	184	73	40.1	32.2-48.5	111	59.9	51.5-67.8
Marital Status
Married	171	70	42.1	34.0-50.7	101	57.9	49.3-66.0
Other	245	126	51.1	43.6-58.6	119	48.9	41.4-56.4
Income
14,999 or less	173	95	54.5	45.7-63.2	78	45.5	36.8-54.3
15,000-24,999	71	29	43.7	31.0-57.3	42	56.3	42.7-69.0
25,000-49,999	90	35	34.9	24.3-47.3	55	65.1	52.7-75.7
50,000 or more	56	24	45.8	32.0-60.3	32	54.2	39.7-68.0
WIC recipient
No	152	68	44.9	35.9-54.2	84	55.1	45.8-64.1
Yes	263	128	49.2	42.1-56.3	135	50.8	43.7-57.9
Medicaid recipient
No	118	47	40.8	31.1-51.2	71	59.2	48.8-68.9
Yes	298	149	49.9	43.2-56.6	149	50.1	43.4-56.8
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	154	76	49.2	41.5-57.0	78	50.8	43.0-58.5
2500+ grams	262	120	47.4	41.3-53.6	142	52.6	46.4-58.7

~Low participation was a substantial problem for NC PRAMS in 2009. The overall weighted response rate was 63%.

#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.

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