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Birth Control Not Used Before Pregnancy, Had Problems Getting It When Needed*
2005 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 3,575** 93.7 89.6 - 96.3 6.3 3.7 - 10.4
Age                    
<20 years 220** 89.9 61.2 - 98.1 10.1 2.0 - 38.8
20-24 years 1,559** 92.0 84.3 - 96.1 8.0 3.9 - 15.7
25-34 years 1381** 95.4 88.3 - 98.3 4.6 1.7 - 11.8
35+ years 414** 96.7 80.8 - 99.5 3.3 0.5 - 19.2
Mother's Race                  
White 3,466** 93.6 89.4 - 96.3 6.4 3.7 - 10.6
Black 41** # # - # # # - #
Other  67** # # - # # # - #
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 62** # # - # # # - #
No 3,496** 93.6 89.4 - 96.2 6.4 3.8 - 10.6
Education                  
< High School 597** 99.5 97.8 - 99.9 0.5 0.1 - 2.2
High School 1,554** 87.6 79.0 - 93.0 12.4 7.0 - 21.0
>High School 1,372** 98.0 92.7 - 99.5 2.0 0.5 - 7.4
Marital Status                  
Married 1,717** 97.2 92.1 - 99.0 2.8 1.0 - 7.9
Other 1,857** 90.6 83.4 - 94.8 9.4 5.2 - 16.6
Income                    
$14,999 or less 1,463** 91.2 82.7 - 95.7 8.9 4.3 - 17.3
$15,000-24,999 526** 92.4 78.9 - 97.5 7.7 2.5 - 21.1
$25,000-49,999 1,019** 96.1 86.9 - 98.9 4.0 1.1 - 13.1
$50,000 or more 566** 97.6 85.4 - 99.6 2.4 0.4 - 14.6
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 1,926** 95.9 90.6 - 98.2 4.1 1.8 - 9.4
Yes 1,625** 91.1 83.4 - 95.4 8.9 4.6 - 16.6
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 1,212** 97.3 90.1 - 99.3 2.7 0.7 - 10.0
Yes 2,362** 91.9 86.1 - 95.4 8.1 4.6 - 13.9
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 262** 93.1 88.5 - 95.9 6.9 4.1 - 11.5
2500 grams or more 3,312** 93.8 89.3 - 96.5 6.2 3.5 - 10.7
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.
*Survey Question 14e:  What were your or your husband's or partner's reasons for not doing anything
  to keep from getting pregnant? I had problems getting birth control when I needed it
** 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