Reasons for No Birth Control
State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1998


Demographic
Characteristics		 No sex              
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 What to get pregnant
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Don't want to use   
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Other               
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Total
TOTAL 31     13.9     ( 8.9-21.1) 29     23.2     (15.7-32.8) 16     10.9     ( 6.1-18.7) 84     52.0     (42.4-61.5)  160
AGE GROUP          
18-24 Years  5     16.8     ( 4.5-46.5) - -  8     55.6     (29.9-78.6) --
25-34 Years 10     11.7     ( 5.7-22.5) 15     27.8     (16.7-42.4)  9     15.9     ( 7.2-31.6) 28     44.6     (30.8-59.3)   62
35-44 Years 16     14.6     ( 8.2-24.7) 12     24.8     (13.3-41.6) - 48     57.0     (42.7-70.2)   79
ETHNICITY          
White  9     11.9     ( 5.3-24.8) 13     36.1     (21.3-54.3)  5      9.7     ( 3.8-22.7) 19     42.2     (25.6-60.8) --
Hawaiian  7     14.5     ( 5.7-32.4)  8     34.6     (15.4-60.5) - 11     41.3     (22.2-63.5) --
Filipino - - - 24     66.5     (43.0-84.0) --
Japanese 10     23.1     (11.4-41.3) - - 18     69.2     (49.2-83.9) --
Others  5     25.6     ( 9.8-52.1) - - 13     44.7     (24.2-67.2) --
MARITAL STATUS          
Married - 24     34.2     (23.0-47.5)  9     12.1     ( 5.5-24.5) 52     53.7     (41.0-65.9)   85
Unmarried 31     32.4     (20.9-46.5)  5      8.4     ( 2.9-21.8)  7      9.3     ( 4.1-19.6) 33     49.9     (35.4-64.4)   76
Unknown/Refused - - - - --
EDUCATION          
<High School - - -  5     68.8     (28.3-92.5) --
High School 10     11.8     ( 4.6-26.9)  6     16.8     ( 6.5-37.0)  7     13.4     ( 6.0-27.4) 33     58.0     (40.7-73.5)   56
Some College  5      5.9     ( 2.1-15.3)  6     24.4     (10.6-46.7) - 23     56.3     (36.0-74.7) --
College 16     23.5     (13.8-37.1) 15     30.2     (18.5-45.1) - 24     40.1     (26.7-55.1)   59
Unknown/Refused - - - - --
EMPLOYMENT          
Employed 23     11.7     ( 7.3-18.4) 26     25.5     (16.8-36.6) 12     10.3     ( 5.1-19.6) 68     52.5     (41.7-63.1)  129
Unemployed - - -  5     41.0     (15.3-72.9) --
Student/homemaker - - - 12     58.1     (30.6-81.4) --
Retired/Can't Work - - - - --
Unknown/Refused - - - - --
HOUSEHOLD INCOME          
<$15,000  8     23.5     ( 9.8-46.4) - - 14     61.8     (38.9-80.5) --
$15,000-24,999  8     21.1     ( 9.4-40.8)  5     21.8     ( 8.6-45.1) - 12     33.0     (17.0-54.3) --
$25,000-49,999  8      9.6     ( 4.1-21.0)  9     31.7     (15.6-53.7)  5      9.7     ( 3.8-22.6) 21     49.0     (30.9-67.4) --
$50,000-74,999 -  7     27.8     (12.8-50.2) - 18     65.4     (43.6-82.3) --
>=$75,000 - - -  6     44.8     (19.1-73.7) --
Unknown/Refused - - - 14     59.9     (33.8-81.3) --
COUNTY          
Honolulu 11     11.7     ( 6.0-21.5) 19     27.3     (17.5-39.8)  7      9.0     ( 3.9-19.5) 40     52.0     (39.7-64.1)   77
Hawaii 10     20.6     (10.7-36.0)  6     16.5     ( 7.5-32.7) - 21     51.6     (34.7-68.1) --
Kauai - - - 10     56.1     (29.9-79.3) --
Maui  8     22.9     (10.3-43.5) - - 14     51.0     (30.3-71.4) --

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.