Kind of Birth Control Used
State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1998


Demographic
Characteristics		 Sterilization 
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Pill          
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Condoms       
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Norplant/Shots
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Others        
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Total
TOTAL 93     25.9     (20.7-32.0) 107     38.8     (32.1-45.9) 55     17.8     (13.0-23.7) 25      7.7     ( 4.9-11.9) 26      9.8     ( 6.3-15.0)  306
AGE GROUP            
18-24 Years -  20     47.8     (30.0-66.1) 14     36.6     (21.1-55.4)  6     13.1     ( 5.7-27.6) - --
25-34 Years 27     20.3     (13.2-29.9)  46     46.8     (36.3-57.6) 22     16.3     (10.0-25.5) 11      7.7     ( 3.7-15.6) 12      8.9     ( 4.7-16.1)  118
35-44 Years 65     42.3     (33.1-52.1)  41     27.3     (19.7-36.4) 19      9.9     ( 5.8-16.5)  8      5.0     ( 2.2-11.0) 14     15.5     ( 8.7-25.9)  147
ETHNICITY            
White 38     28.9     (20.4-39.0)  45     40.2     (30.4-50.8) 19     10.6     ( 6.1-17.8)  9      5.2     ( 2.6-10.3) 16     15.1     ( 8.6-25.3)  127
Hawaiian 21     29.2     (17.2-45.2)  17     40.6     (23.8-59.9)  6     12.6     ( 4.5-30.8)  6      9.3     ( 3.3-23.7) -   52
Filipino  6     16.1     ( 6.4-35.1)  16     44.7     (27.4-63.4)  6     16.3     ( 6.7-34.5)  5     16.7     ( 7.0-34.9) - --
Japanese  9     18.7     ( 9.2-34.5)  20     49.5     (32.4-66.7) 11     20.7     (10.5-36.7) - - --
Others 20     32.9     (19.7-49.4)   9     16.5     ( 8.2-30.4) 15     37.4     (22.4-55.3) - -   50
MARITAL STATUS            
Married 70     33.7     (26.5-41.8)  61     32.7     (25.4-40.9) 28     15.5     (10.2-22.8) 11      5.7     ( 2.9-11.0) 21     12.4     ( 7.7-19.4)  191
Unmarried 24     13.0     ( 7.7-21.2)  46     48.3     (36.5-60.4) 29     22.2     (14.0-33.4) 14     10.9     ( 5.9-19.4)  5      5.5     ( 1.8-15.5)  118
Unknown/Refused -  - - - - --
EDUCATION            
<High School -  - - - - --
High School 33     29.0     (19.5-40.9)  30     43.2     (30.7-56.7) 12      9.9     ( 5.2-18.1)  9     11.3     ( 5.3-22.5)  5      6.6     ( 2.2-17.7)   89
Some College 31     22.3     (14.7-32.3)  36     40.1     (28.8-52.7) 21     20.3     (12.1-31.9)  9      6.3     ( 2.8-13.3) 10     11.0     ( 5.2-22.0)  107
College 27     24.1     (16.0-34.6)  40     34.7     (25.2-45.5) 24     23.6     (15.2-34.9)  7      6.8     ( 3.0-14.7) 10     10.8     ( 5.6-19.8)  108
Unknown/Refused -  - - - - --
EMPLOYMENT            
Employed 67     23.6     (18.1-30.3)  87     39.5     (32.2-47.4) 46     18.9     (13.5-25.8) 19      7.3     ( 4.3-12.0) 19     10.6     ( 6.4-17.2)  238
Unemployed  6     41.5     (16.6-71.6)   7     49.7     (22.2-77.4) - - - --
Student/homemaker 18     26.9     (15.5-42.6)  12     33.1     (17.8-53.0) 10     21.5     (10.3-39.6) - - --
Retired/Can't Work -  - - - - --
Unknown/Refused -  - - - - --
HOUSEHOLD INCOME            
<$15,000 12     19.8     ( 9.2-37.3)   9     52.8     (30.1-74.4)  5     11.7     ( 4.1-29.3)  6     10.9     ( 3.8-27.4) - --
$15,000-24,999 25     41.5     (27.1-57.5)  16     18.2     (10.1-30.6)  9     21.2     (10.0-39.5) -  6     12.1     ( 4.8-27.3)   59
$25,000-49,999 28     24.1     (16.0-34.8)  37     41.8     (30.7-53.9) 19     17.8     (10.2-29.2)  8      7.5     ( 3.2-16.4)  6      8.8     ( 3.4-21.0)   98
$50,000-74,999 17     33.9     (21.3-49.2)  23     43.9     (29.7-59.2) 11     16.3     ( 8.4-29.2) - -   55
>=$75,000  8     19.6     ( 8.7-38.4)  12     31.7     (17.0-51.2)  7     18.1     ( 8.2-35.5) -  6     18.3     ( 7.9-36.8) --
Unknown/Refused -  10     51.5     (29.1-73.4)  6     21.8     ( 8.2-46.6) -  5     17.0     ( 5.7-41.0) --
COUNTY            
Honolulu 42     24.7     (18.3-32.5)  60     40.7     (32.4-49.7) 25     17.3     (11.5-25.1) 13      7.4     ( 4.2-12.9) 14      9.8     ( 5.6-16.6)  154
Hawaii 23     27.0     (17.9-38.5)  23     32.1     (21.8-44.4) 14     16.8     ( 9.8-27.1)  7     11.8     ( 5.0-25.6)  8     12.4     ( 6.1-23.6)   75
Kauai 12     28.1     (14.7-47.0)   8     35.7     (18.8-57.1)  8     31.8     (15.9-53.7) - - --
Maui 17     32.0     (19.2-48.3)  16     32.0     (18.4-49.5) 10     19.7     ( 9.6-36.1)  5      7.7     ( 2.9-18.8) -   51

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.