What are you or your [if female, insert husband/partner; if male, insert wife/partner] doing now to keep [if female, insert 'you'; insert'her' if male] from getting pregnant?

Kentucky BRFSS 2002

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	Tubes tied   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Pill   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Condoms   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Vasectomy   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Other Method   N       %   C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	1546	647  38.7  (35.0-42.5)	448  29.9  (26.5-33.5)	140  11.4  ( 8.7-14.9)	162   8.9  ( 7.2-11.0)	149  11.1  ( 8.6-14.2)
GENDER
Male	625	281  40.3  (34.7-46.1)	150  25.3  (20.6-30.6)	67  14.9  (10.4-20.8)	81  10.4  ( 7.7-14.0)	46   9.1  ( 6.0-13.7)
Female	921	366  36.8  (32.2-41.7)	298  35.1  (30.5-40.1)	73   7.5  ( 5.2-10.8)	81   7.1  ( 5.4- 9.3)	103  13.4  ( 9.8-18.1)
RACE/ETHNICITY
White/NH	1442	611  39.3  (35.5-43.3)	415  29.2  (25.8-32.9)	128  12.3  ( 9.2-16.1)	154   9.2  ( 7.4-11.3)	134  10.0  ( 7.7-13.1)
African American/NH	55	20  39.9  (23.1-59.4)	18  35.4  (19.4-55.4)	8   5.1  ( 2.2-11.3)	4   8.0  ( 2.1-25.8)	5  11.7  ( 3.1-35.1)
AGE
18-24	197	18   8.4  ( 3.9-17.0)	113  48.4  (37.7-59.3)	36  24.4  (15.4-36.3)	1   0.3  ( 0.0- 2.2)	29  18.5  (10.6-30.5)
25-34	488	159  33.5  (27.0-40.6)	197  40.6  (34.2-47.3)	54   9.5  ( 6.4-13.8)	29   5.5  ( 3.4- 8.8)	49  11.0  ( 7.6-15.6)
35-44	647	342  53.1  (47.3-58.7)	120  18.3  (14.2-23.1)	38   6.1  ( 3.6-10.1)	91  13.8  (10.3-18.2)	56   8.8  ( 5.8-13.2)
45-54	171	95  51.9  (40.1-63.5)	18  13.2  ( 7.6-21.9)	10  11.9  ( 4.5-27.9)	37  16.4  (10.6-24.4)	11   6.6  ( 3.2-13.1)
55-59	43	33  77.7  (59.9-89.0)		2   2.8  ( 0.6-11.2)	4  13.1  ( 4.6-32.1)	4   6.5  ( 2.2-17.2)
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	203	113  52.5  (41.1-63.6)	35  19.3  (12.1-29.4)	14  12.1  ( 5.3-25.4)	14   6.9  ( 3.4-13.8)	27   9.1  ( 5.5-14.7)
H.S. or G.E.D.	644	288  42.9  (37.2-48.9)	177  27.1  (22.5-32.2)	59  11.0  ( 7.0-16.7)	69   7.9  ( 5.9-10.5)	51  11.1  ( 6.8-17.6)
Some Post-H.S.	425	169  32.8  (26.7-39.5)	135  33.2  (26.7-40.4)	40  14.4  ( 8.9-22.5)	39   8.8  ( 5.4-14.0)	42  10.8  ( 6.8-16.7)
College Graduate	273	76  27.0  (19.3-36.4)	101  39.3  (30.4-48.9)	27   7.8  ( 4.4-13.6)	40  12.7  ( 8.3-19.0)	29  13.2  ( 8.4-20.1)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	141	82  46.2  (34.8-58.0)	35  33.2  (21.8-47.1)	9   5.7  ( 2.2-14.1)	1   2.5  ( 0.4-15.7)	14  12.4  ( 6.9-21.3)
$15,000- 24,999	250	112  47.0  (36.8-57.5)	73  21.6  (15.8-28.7)	17   7.5  ( 3.1-17.0)	12   4.3  ( 1.9- 9.4)	36  19.6  (11.1-32.3)
$25,000- 34,999	231	102  40.1  (31.3-49.6)	61  25.8  (18.6-34.6)	31  18.8  (10.7-30.9)	21   8.3  ( 4.8-14.0)	16   7.0  ( 3.5-13.6)
$35,000- 49,999	257	109  39.3  (31.3-48.0)	74  31.2  (23.6-39.9)	21   8.0  ( 4.6-13.4)	31  11.9  ( 7.4-18.6)	22   9.6  ( 5.5-16.2)
$50,000 - 74,999	232	92  36.9  (28.5-46.3)	74  37.9  (28.7-48.0)	18   8.8  ( 3.6-20.3)	37  11.5  ( 7.7-17.0)	11   4.8  ( 2.2-10.1)
$75,000 +	167	55  26.5  (17.5-38.0)	46  31.2  (21.4-42.9)	13  10.8  ( 4.7-22.7)	33  16.0  ( 9.5-25.7)	20  15.6  ( 9.2-25.2)

Respondents include only those females age 18-44 who are not pregnant and males age 18-59. Respondents reported doing something to keep from getting pregnant.

Top four responses listed. Remaining responses are grouped in 'other' category.

#Use caution in interpreting data for total respondents less than 50. N = Cell Size, NH = Non-Hispanic, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).

Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

Unless stated differently above, Missing, 'Don't know', and Refused responses are excluded.