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Pregnancy Intention*
2003 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        Intended!       Unintended!    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,851 66.5 63.2 - 69.6 33.5 30.4 - 36.8
Age                    
<20 years 1,141 22.4 13.7 - 34.6 77.6 65.4 - 86.3
20-24 years 3,389 47.3 40.3 - 54.4 52.7 45.6 - 59.7
25-34 years 7,370 77.9 74.0 - 81.4 22.1 18.6 - 26.0
35+ years 1,950 79.7 71.8 - 85.8 20.3 14.2 - 28.2
Mother's Race                  
White 13,330 67.0 63.7 - 69.5 33.6 30.5 - 36.9
Black 182 # # - # # # - #
Other 309 45.4 24.1 - 68.6 54.6 31.4 - 75.9
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 166^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,666^ 66.5 63.2 - 69.7 33.5 30.4 - 36.8
Education                  
< High School 1,467 35.7 25.3 - 47.6 64.3 52.4 - 74.7
High School 4,756 56.2 50.4 - 61.9 43.8 38.2 - 49.7
> High School 7,491 78.9 75.2 - 82.1 21.1 17.9 - 24.8
Marital Status                  
Married 9,210 81.7 78.5 - 84.6 18.3 15.4 - 21.5
Other 4,640 36.5 30.8 - 42.5 63.5 57.5 - 69.2
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,480** 36.4 30.1 - 43.3 63.6 56.7 - 69.9
$16,000-24,999 1,753** 59.0 49.6 - 67.8 41.0 32.3 - 50.4
$25,000-39,999 2,262** 72.4 64.8 - 78.9 27.6 21.1 - 35.2
$40,000 or more 5,227** 86.0 82.1 - 89.1 14.0 10.9 - 17.9
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,691** 76.3 72.6 - 79.6 23.7 20.4 - 27.4
Yes 4,493** 46.7 40.8 - 52.7 53.3 47.3 - 59.2
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,586** 82.5 78.9 - 85.5 17.5 14.5 - 21.1
Yes 5,658** 44.9 39.7 - 50.2 55.2 49.8 - 60.4
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 904 61.4 58.1 - 64.6 38.6 35.4 - 41.9
2500 grams or more 12,940 66.8 63.3 - 70.1 33.2 29.9 - 36.7
NOTES:
Population size for groups giving birth in Maine are taken from the Maine Vital Statistics System unless otherwise noted.
Unknowns are excluded from all tabulations.
*Recoded responses to Survey Question 10: Thinking back to just before you got pregnant, how did you feel about
becoming pregnant?
** Estimates of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through PRAMS.
! Intended pregnancies = Wanted to be pregnant sooner or then. Unintended pregnancies = Wanted pregnancy later or didn't
want pregnancy then or anytime in the future
^ Estimate of Hispanic population giving birth in Maine is taken from the 2003 birth file.
# There were fewer than 10 survey respondents to this question. Data may be unreliable for describing this group, therefore
percent is not reported.
CI = 95% Confidence Interval