NC PRAMS 2009~` : (Percentage of women reporting that they had adequate social and emotional support available to them after delivering their baby)

2009 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

Preconception Health Indicators Women 18-44

Percentage of women reporting that they had adequate social and emotional support available to them after delivering their baby

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	No			Yes
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	1130	172	14.9	12.6-17.6	958	85.1	82.4-87.4
Age
18-19 years	87	19	21.6	12.9-34.0	68	78.4	66.0-87.1
20-24 years	268	44	16.2	11.6-22.2	224	83.8	77.8-88.4
25-34 years	598	80	12.8	9.9-16.3	518	87.2	83.7-90.1
35-44 years	177	29	16.3	10.8-23.8	148	83.7	76.2-89.2
Race
White	826	114	14.8	12.1-18.0	712	85.2	82.0-87.9
Black	252	46	14.3	9.8-20.3	206	85.7	79.7-90.2
Other	52	12	20.0	10.2-35.5	40	80.0	64.5-89.8
Hispanic origin
Yes	144	50	36.6	28.2-45.9	94	63.4	54.1-71.8
No	986	122	11.0	8.9-13.5	864	89.0	86.5-91.1
Education
< High School	170	48	29.6	22.0-38.6	122	70.4	61.4-78.0
High School	318	57	15.3	11.3-20.4	261	84.7	79.6-88.7
> High School	638	64	9.8	7.4-12.8	574	90.2	87.2-92.6
Marital Status
Married	712	81	10.2	7.9-13.0	631	89.8	87.0-92.1
Other	418	91	21.9	17.5-27.1	327	78.1	72.9-82.5
Income
14,999 or less	317	78	23.0	18.0-29.0	239	77.0	71.0-82.0
15,000-24,999	151	22	15.0	9.4-23.3	129	85.0	76.7-90.6
25,000-49,999	231	31	12.2	8.0-18.0	200	87.8	82.0-92.0
50,000 or more	375	21	4.5	2.7- 7.3	354	95.5	92.7-97.3
WIC recipient
No	616	82	13.2	10.4-16.7	534	86.8	83.3-89.6
Yes	512	89	16.5	13.0-20.7	423	83.5	79.3-87.0
Medicaid recipient
No	572	67	11.9	9.2-15.4	505	88.1	84.6-90.8
Yes	558	105	17.6	14.1-21.7	453	82.4	78.3-85.9
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	383	75	21.1	17.3-25.6	308	78.9	74.4-82.7
2500+ grams	747	97	14.4	11.9-17.3	650	85.6	82.7-88.1

Percentage of women who reported that since they delivered their baby, three or more of five types of social support would be available to them if needed.

~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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