South Carolina: 2002 PRAMS Surveillance Report

South Carolina
Characteristics of PRAMS-Eligible Population and Respondents, 2002
Characteristic	PRAMS-eligible population		PRAMS respondents
Characteristic	Size	Percent	Size	Percent
Age (years)
< 20	7,115	14.0	224	15.8
20–24	15,044	29.6	386	27.2
25–34	23,417	46.1	659	46.4
≥ 35	5,226	10.3	150	10.6
Race
White	32,456	63.9	779	54.9
Black or African American	17,256	34.0	615	43.3
American Indian	153	0.3	5	0.4
Asian or Pacific Islander	812	1.6	16	1.1
All other races	129	0.3	4	0.3
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Yes	3,071	6.1	52	3.7
No	47,661	93.9	1,367	96.3
Education (years)
< 12	10,789	21.3	318	22.5
12	19,472	38.5	528	37.4
> 12	20,352	40.2	565	40.0
Marital status
Married	29,891	58.8	775	54.6
Unmarried	20,910	41.2	644	45.4
Birth weight
Low (< 2,500 g)	4,648	9.1	952	67.1
Normal (≥ 2,500 g)	46,156	90.9	466	32.9
Parity
First birth	20,764	40.9	663	46.7
Second birth or higher	30,017	59.1	756	53.3
Total	50,806		1,419

	Estimated PRAMS-eligible population				PRAMS respondents
	Size	95% CI^‡	Percent	95% CI^‡	Size	Percent
Annual household income
≤ $15,999	17,613	15,437–19,788	37.8	33.6–42.2	538	41.2
$16,000–$24,999	5,543	4,242–6,845	11.9	9.4–15.0	192	14.7
$25,000–$39,999	7,915	6,395–9,436	17.0	14.0–20.5	206	15.8
≥ $40,000	15,502	13,666–17,339	33.3	29.4–37.4	370	28.3
In crowded household
(> 1 person/room)	3,402	2,356–4,449	6.9	5.1–9.4	150	11.3
Note: The PRAMS-eligible population is defined as state residents who had in-state births. Respondents are defined as women who completed a survey. Values for annual household income and crowded household are estimated from the PRAMS sample. Other population size and percent values for the characteristics of the PRAMS-eligible population are based on state birth certificate data. ‡ Confidence interval.

South Carolina
Prevalence of Unintended Pregnancy, 2002
**By Selected Sociodemographic Characteristics**
Characteristic	Respondents	Percent	Standard Error	95% CI^‡
Age (years)
< 20	215	76.0	5.6	63.6–85.2
20–24	376	59.8	4.0	51.7–67.4
25–34	639	36.3	3.0	30.7–42.3
≥ 35	144	24.3	5.9	14.6–37.5
Race
White	752	35.3	2.6	30.4–40.6
Black or African American	599	70.7	3.4	63.5–76.9
All other races	23	^{††‡ ‡}	^{††‡ ‡}	^{††‡ ‡}
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Yes	52	26.0^§§	8.9	12.5–46.5
No	1,322	48.6	2.2	44.3–53.0
Education (years)
< 12	309	57.6	4.9	47.9–66.8
12	509	49.0	3.6	41.9–56.1
> 12	548	40.7	3.2	34.5–47.2
Medicaid recipient
Yes	857	65.8	2.9	60.0–71.2
No	517	24.8	2.7	19.8–30.5
Annual household income
≤ $15,999	523	64.7	3.6	57.2–71.4
$16,000–$24,999	185	57.4	6.5	44.5–69.3
$25,000–$39,999	198	39.7	5.4	29.8–50.6
≥ $40,000	360	25.4	3.4	19.4–32.5
‡ Confidence interval. †† Missing ≥ 10% data. ‡‡ < 30 respondents; not reported. §§ < 60 respondents; may not be reliable.

South Carolina
Prevalence of Multivitamin Use 4 or More Times per Week During the Month Prior to Pregnancy, 2002
**By Selected Sociodemographic Characteristics**
Characteristic	Respondents	Percent	Standard Error	95% CI^‡
Age (years)
< 20	222	17.8	4.8	10.2–29.2
20–24	383	21.1	3.3	15.4–28.3
25–34	656	44.1	3.0	38.3–50.0
≥ 35	148	47.8	6.8	34.9–61.1
Race
White	777	39.5	2.6	34.6–44.6
Black or African American	607	24.4	3.3	18.5–31.3
All other races	25	^{‡ ‡}	^{‡ ‡}	^{‡ ‡}
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Yes	51	31.9^§§	9.8	16.2–53.2
No	1,358	34.0	2.1	30.1–38.2
Education (years)
< 12	318	16.8	3.6	10.9–24.9
12	522	27.5	3.2	21.8–34.1
> 12	561	48.8	3.2	42.6–55.1
Medicaid recipient
Yes	879	19.1	2.3	15.0–24.0
No	530	52.6	3.1	46.5–58.6
Annual household income
≤ $15,999	536	18.3	2.9	13.2–24.7
$16,000–$24,999	191	27.0	5.7	17.4–39.4
$25,000–$39,999	205	38.5	5.2	28.9–49.0
≥ $40,000	367	55.4	3.7	48.0–62.5
‡ Confidence interval. ‡‡ < 30 respondents; not reported. §§ < 60 respondents; may not be reliable.

South Carolina
Prevalence of Physical Abuse by Husband or Partner During Pregnancy, 2002
**By Selected Sociodemographic Characteristics**
Characteristic	Respondents	Percent	Standard Error	95% CI^‡
Age (years)
< 20	216	11.7	4.2	5.6–22.7
20–24	378	8.9	2.4	5.2–14.8
25–34	651	2.7	1.0	1.3–5.4
≥ 35	149	2.8	2.5	0.5–14.9
Race
White	763	4.3	1.2	2.5–7.3
Black or African American	606	8.9	2.2	5.4–14.3
All other races	25	^{‡ ‡}	^{‡ ‡}	^{‡ ‡}
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Yes	50	0.4^§§	0.4	0.1–2.5
No	1,344	6.0	1.1	4.2–8.5
Education (years)
< 12	308	14.2	3.6	8.6–22.8
12	522	6.8	1.8	4.0–11.3
> 12	556	0.5	0.4	0.1–2.7
Medicaid recipient
Yes	867	10.0	1.8	7.0–14.2
No	527	0.4	0.4	0.1–2.6
Annual household income
≤ $15,999	525	12.5	2.6	8.2–18.4
$16,000–$24,999	188	2.6	2.1	0.5–11.7
$25,000–$39,999	203	3.0	2.0	0.8–10.9
≥ $40,000	368	0.6	0.6	0.1–3.7
‡ Confidence interval. ‡‡ < 30 respondents; not reported. §§ < 60 respondents; may not be reliable.

South Carolina
Prevalence of Smoking During the Last 3 Months of Pregnancy, 2002
**By Selected Sociodemographic Characteristics**
Characteristic	Respondents	Percent	Standard Error	95% CI^‡
Age (years)
< 20	216	8.4	3.2	3.9–17.1
20–24	369	19.7	3.3	14.0–27.0
25–34	634	8.8	1.7	5.9–12.8
≥ 35	146	21.3	5.8	12.1–34.8
Race
White	748	16.8	2.0	13.2–21.1
Black or African American	592	4.6	1.6	2.3–9.1
All other races	25	^{‡ ‡}	^{‡ ‡}	^{‡ ‡}
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Yes	51	0.8^§§	0.5	0.2–2.9
No	1,314	13.7	1.5	11.0–17.0
Education (years)
< 12	295	24.4	4.4	16.9–33.9
12	507	15.4	2.6	11.0–21.2
> 12	555	5.8	1.5	3.4–9.5
Medicaid recipient
Yes	844	17.4	2.3	13.3–22.3
No	521	7.9	1.7	5.2–11.9
Annual household income
≤ $15,999	505	20.8	3.2	15.2–27.7
$16,000–$24,999	187	11.0	3.9	5.4–21.2
$25,000–$39,999	201	12.6	3.4	7.3–20.8
≥ $40,000	365	7.1	2.0	4.1–12.0
‡ Confidence interval. ‡‡ < 30 respondents; not reported. §§ < 60 respondents; may not be reliable.

South Carolina
Prevalence of Pregnancy-Related Complications That Required a Hospital Stay of At Least 1 Day, 2002
**By Selected Sociodemographic Characteristics**
Characteristic	Respondents	Percent	Standard Error	95% CI^‡
Age (years)
< 20	216	16.8	4.2	10.1–26.7
20–24	379	14.7	2.6	10.3–20.6
25–34	639	12.0	1.8	9.0–15.9
≥ 35	141	10.7	3.3	5.8–18.9
Race
White	756	13.6	1.7	10.7–17.2
Black or African American	595	13.8	2.3	9.9–18.9
All other races	24	^{‡ ‡}	^{‡ ‡}	^{‡ ‡}
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Yes	52	5.8^§§	3.6	1.7–18.1
No	1,323	13.8	1.4	11.3–16.7
Education (years)
< 12	309	10.9	2.4	6.9–16.7
12	512	17.1	2.5	12.7–22.6
> 12	546	11.4	1.8	8.3–15.6
Medicaid recipient
Yes	857	15.9	2.0	12.4–20.1
No	518	10.3	1.6	7.5–14.0
Annual household income
≤ $15,999	523	15.1	2.4	11.0–20.4
$16,000–$24,999	184	9.6	3.1	5.1–17.5
$25,000–$39,999	202	21.1	4.2	14.0–30.6
≥ $40,000	357	8.3	1.8	5.4–12.4
‡ Confidence interval. ‡‡ < 30 respondents; not reported. §§ < 60 respondents; may not be reliable.

South Carolina
Prevalence of Infant Discharge from Hospital Within 48 Hours, 2002
**By Selected Sociodemographic Characteristics**
Characteristic	Respondents	Percent	Standard Error	95% CI^‡
Age (years)
< 20	214	44.0	6.2	32.4–56.2
20–24	366	60.7	3.9	52.7–68.0
25–34	639	61.5	2.9	55.7–67.0
≥ 35	140	51.1	6.9	37.7–64.3
Race
White	754	59.7	2.6	54.5–64.6
Black or African American	582	55.3	3.7	47.9–62.5
All other races	23	^{‡ ‡}	^{‡ ‡}	^{‡ ‡}
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Yes	51	64.3^§§	9.7	44.1–80.4
No	1,308	57.7	2.2	53.4–61.9
Education (years)
< 12	301	56.4	4.8	46.8–65.5
12	505	60.1	3.5	53.1–66.6
> 12	548	57.3	3.2	51.0–63.4
Medicaid recipient
Yes	842	54.4	2.9	48.6–60.1
No	517	62.6	3.0	56.6–68.3
Annual household income
≤ $15,999	513	52.9	3.8	45.5–60.2
$16,000–$24,999	185	53.8	6.3	41.6–65.7
$25,000–$39,999	195	69.4	4.9	59.1–78.1
≥ $40,000	361	62.8	3.6	55.6–69.5
‡ Confidence interval. ‡‡ < 30 respondents; not reported. §§ < 60 respondents; may not be reliable.

South Carolina
Prevalence of Infant Checkup Within 1 Week of Hospital Discharge for Infants Discharged Within 48 Hours, 2002
**By Selected Sociodemographic Characteristics**
Characteristic	Respondents	Percent	Standard Error	95% CI^‡
Age (years)
< 20	49	84.5^§§	7.3	64.7–94.2
20–24	111	83.6	3.9	74.4–90.0
25–34	204	72.7	3.6	65.2–79.2
≥ 35	31	63.4^§§	10.0	42.8–80.0
Race
White	256	74.7	3.1	68.2–80.2
Black or African American	131	81.6	4.2	71.9–88.5
All other races	8	^{‡ ‡}	^{‡ ‡}	^{‡ ‡}
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Yes	18	^{‡ ‡}	^{‡ ‡}	^{‡ ‡}
No	377	75.8	2.6	70.4–80.5
Education (years)
< 12	83	83.2	5.0	70.9–90.9
12	148	74.6	4.2	65.5–81.9
> 12	163	75.1	3.8	66.9–81.8
Medicaid recipient
Yes	212	79.3	3.4	71.8–85.2
No	183	73.6	3.6	65.9–80.1
Annual household income
≤ $15,999	127	82.6	4.1	73.1–89.2
$16,000–$24,999	46	77.5^§§	7.9	58.8–89.3
$25,000–$39,999	69	68.4	6.3	55.0–79.3
≥ $40,000	126	73.9	4.3	64.6–81.5
‡ Confidence interval. ‡‡ < 30 respondents; not reported. §§ < 60 respondents; may not be reliable.

South Carolina
Prevalence of Sufficient Well-Baby Care, 2002
**By Selected Sociodemographic Characteristics**
Characteristic	Respondents	Percent	Standard Error	95% CI^‡
Age (years)
< 20	170	80.4^††	5.3	68.1–88.8
20–24	293	77.8^††	3.7	69.8–84.1
25–34	523	80.8^††	2.5	75.4–85.3
≥ 35	112	86.2^††	5.2	72.7–93.6
Race
White	644	80.5	2.2	75.8–84.5
Black or African American	435	79.3^††	3.4	71.8–85.1
All other races	19	^{††‡ ‡}	^{††‡ ‡}	^{††‡ ‡}
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Yes	38	49.8^††§§	11.8	28.2–71.5
No	1,060	81.7^††	1.8	77.9–85.0
Education (years)
< 12	245	77.7^††	4.3	68.2–85.0
12	403	79.9^††	3.1	73.1–85.3
> 12	448	82.0	2.6	76.3–86.6
Medicaid recipient
Yes	665	79.2^††	2.6	73.7–83.8
No	433	81.8^††	2.6	76.2–86.3
Annual household income
≤ $15,999	403	80.4^††	3.2	73.3–85.9
$16,000–$24,999	145	83.9^††	4.9	71.8–91.4
$25,000–$39,999	163	80.8^††	4.5	70.4–88.1
≥ $40,000	309	83.0^††	3.0	76.4–88.1
Note: Sufficient well-baby care is defined as an infant receiving 2 or more checkups by 2–3 months (60–122 days) of age; 3 or more checkups by 4–5 months (123–183 days) of age; or 4 or more checkups by 6–9 months (184–274 days) of age. ‡ Confidence interval. †† Missing ≥ 10% data. ‡‡ < 30 respondents; not reported. §§ < 60 respondents; may not be reliable.

South Carolina
Prevalence of Postpartum Contraceptive Use, 2002
**By Selected Sociodemographic Characteristics**
Characteristic	Respondents	Percent	Standard Error	95% CI^‡
Age (years)
< 20	215	85.5	4.7	73.8–92.5
20–24	375	89.2	2.6	83.0–93.3
25–34	642	87.2	2.0	82.7–90.7
≥ 35	143	87.8	4.4	76.4–94.2
Race
White	762	88.8	1.7	85.1–91.7
Black or African American	589	85.2	2.8	78.8–89.9
All other races	24	^{‡ ‡}	^{‡ ‡}	^{‡ ‡}
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Yes	49	91.8^§§	5.9	70.7–98.1
No	1,326	87.5	1.5	84.3–90.1
Education (years)
< 12	306	82.1	3.9	73.2–88.5
12	509	87.6	2.3	82.3–91.5
> 12	552	90.9	1.9	86.5–94.0
Medicaid recipient
Yes	855	84.3	2.2	79.5–88.2
No	520	91.8	1.7	87.9–94.5
Annual household income
≤ $15,999	516	84.8	2.8	78.5–89.5
$16,000–$24,999	187	86.7	4.3	75.8–93.1
$25,000–$39,999	203	92.2	2.8	84.7–96.1
≥ $40,000	363	89.6	2.3	84.1–93.3
Note: Contraceptive use is defined as using any of the following birth control methods at time of survey: not having sex at certain times (rhythm) or using such birth control methods as the pill, Norplant^®, shots (Depo-Provera^®), condoms, diaphragm, foam, IUD, tubal ligation, or vasectomy. ‡ Confidence interval. ‡‡ < 30 respondents; not reported. §§ < 60 respondents; may not be reliable.