Using Any Type of Birth Control
State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1998


Demographic
Characteristics		 Yes                
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 No                 
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Not sexually active
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Total
TOTAL 306     57.0     (51.6-62.2) 160     30.6     (25.9-35.7) 64     12.4     ( 9.1-16.7)  530
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years  41     54.3     (40.6-67.4)  19     25.9     (15.7-39.8) 15     19.7     (11.1-32.7)   75
25-34 Years 118     57.2     (48.7-65.3)  62     31.3     (24.2-39.5) 22     11.5     ( 6.6-19.1)  202
35-44 Years 147     58.2     (50.5-65.6)  79     32.4     (25.5-40.1) 27      9.4     ( 5.6-15.2)  253
ETHNICITY        
White 127     62.9     (53.8-71.2)  46     25.0     (18.1-33.5) 26     12.1     ( 6.8-20.5)  199
Hawaiian  52     55.1     (41.8-67.7)  29     34.3     (22.9-47.9)  8     10.6     ( 5.0-21.1)   89
Filipino  36     49.0     (35.6-62.6)  32     38.5     (26.2-52.5)  8     12.5     ( 5.1-27.3)   76
Japanese  44     58.9     (45.9-70.8)  30     27.6     (18.2-39.3)  9     13.5     ( 6.4-26.5)   83
Others  50     54.9     (42.3-67.0)  24     31.5     (20.9-44.5) 14     13.6     ( 7.2-24.2)   88
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 191     65.1     (58.1-71.6)  85     32.1     (25.9-39.0) -  280
Unmarried 118     47.4     (39.3-55.7)  76     28.6     (21.9-36.5) 61     23.9     (17.5-31.8)  255
Unknown/Refused  -  - - --
EDUCATION        
<High School   5     37.8     (15.3-67.0)   8     44.9     (20.1-72.6) - --
High School  89     48.2     (38.5-57.9)  56     36.4     (27.3-46.5) 18     15.5     ( 9.0-25.3)  163
Some College 107     69.3     (60.1-77.2)  38     21.7     (14.9-30.4) 19      9.0     ( 5.2-15.0)  164
College 108     56.6     (48.0-64.8)  59     31.4     (24.2-39.7) 24     12.0     ( 7.0-19.9)  191
Unknown/Refused  -  - - --
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 238     56.8     (50.6-62.7) 129     32.0     (26.6-37.9) 50     11.3     ( 7.7-16.2)  417
Unemployed  17     54.0     (32.7-74.0)  11     40.3     (21.7-62.3) - --
Student/homemaker  48     57.4     (43.8-70.0)  19     22.4     (13.2-35.3) 13     20.2     (11.2-33.6)   80
Retired/Can't Work   6     85.9     (50.4-97.4)  - - --
Unknown/Refused  -  - - --
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  34     46.0     (31.0-61.7)  25     27.9     (17.3-41.6) 15     26.1     (14.1-43.2)   74
$15,000-24,999  59     57.5     (44.8-69.3)  29     29.3     (19.5-41.5) 11     13.2     ( 6.0-26.5)   99
$25,000-49,999  98     60.7     (50.9-69.6)  43     30.1     (21.7-40.1) 21      9.2     ( 5.6-14.9)  162
$50,000-74,999  55     62.2     (49.9-73.2)  28     33.4     (22.8-45.8)  6      4.4     ( 1.7-10.7)   89
>=$75,000  36     71.8     (56.0-83.5)  14     25.7     (14.5-41.3) -   52
Unknown/Refused  27     42.8     (28.2-58.8)  22     35.4     (22.0-51.5) 10     21.8     (11.0-38.7)   59
COUNTY        
Honolulu 154     57.2     (50.4-63.8)  77     30.1     (24.2-36.7) 31     12.7     ( 8.6-18.4)  262
Hawaii  75     57.8     (48.0-67.1)  40     32.6     (24.2-42.4) 13      9.5     ( 5.0-17.5)  128
Kauai  29     52.9     (38.0-67.4)  17     34.7     (21.7-50.5)  8     12.3     ( 5.6-25.2)   54
Maui  51     56.6     (44.2-68.2)  27     29.7     (19.9-41.8) 13     13.7     ( 7.0-25.1)   91

The symbol -- means cell size less than 50. The symbol - means cell size less than 5.
N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, 95% C.I. = Confidence Interval at 95 percent probability level.
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.