Pregnancy Intention*
2004 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				Intended!				Unintended!
Demographic Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,929	64.4	61.2	-	67.6	35.6	32.4	-	38.8
Age
	<20 years	1,102	23.4	14.4	-	35.6	76.6	64.5	-	85.6
	20-24 years	3,427	49.0	42.3	-	55.7	51.0	44.4	-	57.7
	25-34 years	7,434	75.9	71.9	-	79.5	24.1	20.5	-	28.1
	35+ years	1,961	72.1	63.4	-	79.4	27.9	20.6	-	36.6
Mother's Race
	White	13,340	64.8	61.5	-	67.9	35.2	32.1	-	38.5
	Black	224	67.2	35.9	-	88.2	32.8	11.8	-	64.1
	Other	343	41.9	21.6	-	65.4	58.1	34.6	-	78.5
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	178^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,722^	64.5	61.3	-	67.7	35.5	32.3	-	38.7
Education
	< High School	1,424	41.3	29.9	-	53.7	58.7	46.3	-	70.1
	High School	4,823	53.1	47.5	-	58.6	46.9	41.4	-	52.5
	> High School	7,600	76.8	72.9	-	80.3	23.2	19.8	-	27.1
Marital Status
	Married	9,208	77.2	73.8	-	80.3	22.8	19.7	-	26.2
	Other	4,721	35.1	29.4	-	41.2	64.9	58.8	-	70.6
Income
	$14,999 or less	3,480**	38.9	32.3	-	44.9	61.6	55.1	-	67.8
	$15,000-24,999	1,753**	58.4	49.0	-	67.3	41.6	32.7	-	51.0
	$25,000-49,999	2,262**	71.1	64.9	-	76.6	28.9	23.4	-	35.1
	$50,000 or more	5,227**	82.0	77.3	-	85.8	18.1	14.2	-	22.7
Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,691**	73.6	69.8	-	77.1	26.4	22.9	-	30.2
	Yes	4,493**	47.3	41.6	-	53.0	52.7	47.0	-	58.4
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,586**	77.7	73.8	-	81.1	22.3	18.9	-	26.2
	Yes	5,658**	47.7	42.6	-	52.8	52.4	47.2	-	64.9
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	891	61.7	58.2	-	65.1	38.3	34.9	-	41.8
	2500 grams or more	13,028	64.6	61.2	-	67.9	35.4	32.1	-	38.9
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 11:  Thinking back to just before you got pregnant, how did you feel about
	becoming pregnant?
! 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
** Estimates of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through PRAMS.
^ Estimate of Hispanic population giving birth in Maine is taken from the 2004 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