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Birth Control Not Used Before Pregnancy, Mother Did Not Think She Could Become Pregnant?*
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 10,286** 91.2 89.2 - 93.2 8.8 6.8 - 10.8
Age                    
<20 years 763** 74.7 63.2 - 86.2 25.3 13.8 - 36.8
20-24 years 2,311** 90.2 85.8 - 94.7 9.8 5.3 - 14.2
25-34 years 5,739** 93.8 91.5 - 96.0 6.2 4.0 - 8.5
35+ years 1,473** 91.6 86.3 - 96.8 8.4 3.2 - 13.7
Mother's Race                  
White 10,012** 91.6 89.7 - 93.6 8.4 6.4 - 10.3
Black 69** # # - # # # - #
Other 188** 74.4 50.4 - 98.4 25.6 0.0 - 49.6
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 16** # # - # # # - #
No 9,620** 91.1 89.0 - 93.2 8.9 6.8 - 11.0
Education                  
< High School 1,056** 77.0 67.5 - 86.5 23.0 13.5 - 32.5
High School 3,792** 90.0 86.4 - 93.5 10.1 6.5 - 13.6
>High School 5,418** 94.9 92.7 - 97.0 5.1 3.0 - 7.3
Marital Status                  
Married 7,519** 93.2 91.1 - 95.3 6.8 4.7 - 8.9
Other 2,767** 85.8 81.1 - 90.5 14.2 9.5 - 18.9
Income                    
$15,999 or less 2,592** 84.7 79.7 - 89.7 15.3 10.3 - 20.3
$16,000-24,999 1,229** 88.7 82.2 - 95.2 11.3 4.8 - 17.8
$25,000-39,999 2,124** 91.9 87.6 - 96.3 8.1 3.7 - 12.4
$40,000 or more 4,170** 95.4 92.9 - 97.8 4.7 2.2 - 7.1
WIC Recipient                  
No 7,394** 93.9 91.8 - 95.9 6.1 4.1 - 8.2
Yes 2,865** 84.4 79.6 - 89.2 15.6 10.8 - 20.4
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 7,290** 93.8 91.7 - 95.9 6.2 4.1 - 8.3
Yes 2,996** 84.9 80.3 - 89.6 15.1 10.4 - 19.7
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 565** 85.4 82.7 - 88.1 14.6 11.9 - 17.3
2500 grams or more 9,718** 91.6 89.5 - 93.7 8.4 6.3 - 10.5
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 9: Why are you or your husband or partner not using any birth control?
I didn't think I could get pregnant
** Estimates of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through PRAMS.
# 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