NC PRAMS 2010~` : (Thinking back to just before you got pregnant, how did you feel about becoming pregnant?)

2010 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

Preconception Health Indicators Women 18-44

Thinking back to just before you got pregnant, how did you feel about becoming pregnant?

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	SOONER			LATER			THEN			DID NOT WANT
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	935	167	17.0	14.4-19.9	277	32.2	28.7-35.8	392	39.9	36.4-43.6	99	10.9	8.8-13.5
Age
18-19 years	52	3	3.3	0.7-13.5	32	65.7	49.5-78.9	10	18.6	9.0-34.3	7	12.5	5.2-27.1
20-24 years	223	20	8.5	5.2-13.5	103	46.4	39.0-54.0	79	33.2	26.6-40.6	21	11.9	7.7-18.0
25-34 years	503	103	21.6	17.7-26.1	122	25.3	21.2-29.9	235	44.3	39.4-49.3	43	8.8	6.3-12.1
35-44 years	157	41	21.9	15.4-30.2	20	15.8	10.0-24.0	68	45.8	36.8-55.2	28	16.4	10.7-24.5
Race
White	660	126	17.0	14.0-20.4	171	29.1	25.2-33.4	309	45.0	40.7-49.4	54	8.9	6.6-11.8
Black	196	21	13.2	8.4-20.1	85	44.6	36.5-53.1	52	24.9	18.5-32.6	38	17.2	11.8-24.4
Other	73	17	24.4	14.6-37.8	20	25.4	15.7-38.4	30	38.8	27.0-52.1	6	11.4	5.2-23.2
Hispanic origin
Yes	108	14	15.2	8.8-24.8	38	33.7	24.5-44.4	50	46.0	35.7-56.7	6	5.1	2.0-12.5
No	825	152	17.2	14.4-20.3	239	32.0	28.4-35.9	342	39.0	35.3-42.9	92	11.8	9.4-14.7
Education
< High School	128	16	13.3	7.7-22.1	49	38.2	28.5-49.0	52	38.3	28.7-48.9	11	10.2	5.3-18.8
High School	247	32	14.1	9.8-19.9	89	38.1	31.4-45.2	79	29.3	23.3-36.1	47	18.6	13.7-24.7
> High School	557	118	19.4	16.0-23.4	139	27.5	23.4-31.9	259	45.8	41.2-50.5	41	7.3	5.2-10.3
Marital Status
Married	610	138	21.2	17.8-25.1	127	22.9	19.3-27.0	295	47.1	42.7-51.6	50	8.7	6.4-11.7
Other	325	29	10.5	7.1-15.2	150	46.4	40.0-52.8	97	28.8	23.4-35.0	49	14.4	10.5-19.4
Income
14,999 or less	245	27	11.6	7.6-17.2	110	44.5	37.4-51.9	70	29.2	22.8-36.4	38	14.7	10.3-20.6
15,000-24,999	130	18	13.1	7.8-21.0	52	43.5	34.0-53.5	41	29.7	21.5-39.4	19	13.7	8.3-21.8
25,000-49,999	196	24	13.9	9.2-20.4	60	32.5	25.4-40.5	90	43.2	35.5-51.2	22	10.5	6.5-16.5
50,000 or more	316	90	25.5	20.5-31.3	42	15.0	11.0-20.1	170	54.1	47.9-60.2	14	5.3	3.0- 9.4
WIC recipient
No	523	125	22.3	18.5-26.7	107	21.5	17.7-25.8	256	49.3	44.4-54.2	35	6.9	4.7-10.0
Yes	406	40	10.9	7.8-14.9	169	43.5	38.0-49.1	133	30.3	25.4-35.7	64	15.4	11.8-19.8
Medicaid recipient
No	478	114	22.4	18.4-26.9	87	20.3	16.4-24.8	251	51.3	46.2-56.4	26	6.0	3.9- 9.2
Yes	457	53	12.3	9.1-16.2	190	42.6	37.4-48.0	141	29.9	25.2-35.0	73	15.3	11.9-19.4
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	308	55	15.0	11.6-19.1	87	31.8	26.6-37.4	130	40.5	35.1-46.1	36	12.8	9.4-17.2
2500+ grams	627	112	17.2	14.4-20.3	190	32.2	28.5-36.1	262	39.9	36.0-43.8	63	10.8	8.5-13.6

#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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