Birth Control Not Used Before Pregnancy, Mother Wanted Pregnancy?*
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				No				Yes
Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	10,286**	35.8	32.4	-	39.2	64.2	60.8	-	67.7
Age
	<20 years	763**	74.1	62.2	-	85.9	25.9	14.1	-	37.8
	20-24 years	2,311**	54.5	46.9	-	62.0	45.6	38.0	-	53.1
	25-34 years	5,739**	24.4	20.3	-	28.5	75.6	71.5	-	79.7
	35+ years	1,473**	31.0	22.2	-	39.8	69.0	60.2	-	77.8
Mother's Race
	White	10,012**	35.3	31.8	-	38.8	64.7	61.2	-	68.2
	Black	69**	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	188**	50.8	23.8	-	77.7	49.2	0.0	-	76.2
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	16**	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	9,620**	34.9	31.4	-	38.4	65.1	61.6	-	68.6
Education
	< High School	1,056**	67.6	57.0	-	78.2	32.4	21.8	-	43.0
	High School	3,792**	44.4	38.4	-	50.3	55.6	49.7	-	61.6
	>High School	5,418**	23.4	19.2	-	27.6	76.6	72.4	-	80.8
Marital Status
	Married	7,519**	22.3	18.8	-	25.8	77.7	74.2	-	81.2
	Other	2,767**	72.4	66.2	-	78.6	27.6	21.4	-	33.8
Income
	$15,999 or less	2,592**	63.0	56.1	-	70.0	37.0	30.0	-	43.9
	$16,000-24,999	1,229**	52.9	42.5	-	63.2	47.1	36.8	-	57.5
	$25,000-39,999	2,124**	29.6	22.3	-	36.8	70.4	63.2	-	77.7
	$40,000 or more	4,170**	17.7	13.4	-	22.1	82.3	77.9	-	86.6
WIC Recipient
	No	7,394**	27.0	23.2	-	30.7	73.0	69.3	-	76.8
	Yes	2,865**	58.8	52.2	-	65.5	41.2	34.5	-	47.8
Medicaid Recipient
	No	7,290**	24.8	21.1	-	28.5	75.2	71.5	-	78.9
	Yes	2,996**	62.4	56.0	-	68.8	37.6	31.2	-	44.0
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	565**	41.2	37.4	-	44.9	58.8	55.1	-	62.6
	2500 grams or more	9,718**	35.5	31.8	-	39.1	64.5	60.9	-	68.2
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 wanted to 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