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   Was Birth Control Used At Conception?* 
  (among women who were not trying to get pregnant)
2005 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results 
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 6,300 53.2 48.2 - 58.1 46.8 41.9 - 51.8
Age                    
<20 years 552** 39.9 24.8 - 57.3 60.1 42.7 - 75.2
20-24 years 2,370** 61.9 53.6 - 69.5 38.1 30.5 - 46.4
25-34 years 2,709** 46.8 39.5 - 54.2 53.2 45.8 - 60.5
35+ years 667** 59.2 44.7 - 72.3 40.8 27.7 - 55.3
Mother's Race                  
White 6,052** 53.6 48.5 - 58.5 46.5 41.5 - 51.5
Black 110** # # - # # # - #
Other  118** # # - # # # - #
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 95** # # - # # # - #
No 6,188** 52.9 47.9 - 57.9 47.1 42.1 - 52.1
Education                  
< High School 958** 60.0 46.5 - 72.1 40.0 27.9 - 53.5
High School 2,735** 53.9 45.9 - 61.6 46.2 38.4 - 54.1
> High School 2,553** 49.0 41.9 - 56.1 51.0 43.9 - 58.1
Marital Status                  
Married 2,688** 57.9 50.5 - 65.0 42.1 35.0 - 49.5
Other 3,611** 49.7 43.0 - 56.3 50.4 43.7 - 57.0
Income                    
$14,999 or less 2,634** 53.3 45.4 - 61.0 46.7 39.0 - 54.6
$15,000-24,999 973** 48.8 36.5 - 61.2 51.2 38.8 - 63.5
$25,000-49,999 1644** 59.7 50.0 - 68.7 40.3 31.3 - 50.0
$50,000 or more 1,047** 46.8 35.9 - 58.1 53.2 41.9 - 64.2
WIC Recipient                  
No 3,140** 56.2 49.2 - 62.9 43.9 37.1 - 50.8
Yes 3,083** 50.8 43.6 - 57.9 49.2 42.1 - 56.4
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 2,163** 51.8 43.6 - 59.9 48.2 40.1 - 56.4
Yes 4,136** 53.9 47.7 - 60.0 46.1 40.0 - 52.3
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 391** 63.1 57.8 - 68.1 36.9 31.9 - 42.2
2500 grams or more 5,908** 52.5 47.2 - 57.7 47.5 42.3 - 52.8
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.
*Survey Question 13:  When you got pregnant with your new baby, were you or your husband or partner doing
  anything to keep from getting pregnant?
** 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 2005 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