Was Mother or Partner Using Birth Control When Became Pregnant?*
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				No				Yes
Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,604	78.9	76.2	-	81.5	21.1	18.5	-	23.8
Age
	<20 years	1,322	58.2	48.0	-	68.3	41.8	31.7	-	52.0
	20-24 years	3,313	74.6	68.9	-	80.4	25.4	19.6	-	31.1
	25-34 years	7,236	82.3	78.9	-	85.7	17.7	14.3	-	21.1
	35+ years	1,733	88.8	83.1	-	94.5	11.2	5.5	-	16.9
Mother's Race
	White	13,198	78.6	75.9	-	81.3	21.4	18.7	-	24.1
	Black	105	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	270	93.4	81.1	-	100.0	6.6	0.0	-	18.9
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	134^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	12,771^	78.7	76.0	-	81.4	21.3	18.6	-	24.0
Education
	< High School	1,474	70.1	61.2	-	79.0	29.9	21.0	-	38.8
	High School	5,093	76.4	72.0	-	80.9	23.6	19.1	-	28.0
	>High School	6,936	82.7	79.3	-	86.1	17.3	13.9	-	20.7
Marital Status
	Married	9,354	83.9	81.0	-	86.8	16.1	13.2	-	19.0
	Other	4,250	67.8	62.4	-	73.2	32.2	26.8	-	37.6
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,593**	72.2	66.7	-	77.6	27.9	22.4	-	33.3
	$16,000-24,999	1,786**	67.7	59.4	-	76.0	32.3	24.0	-	40.6
	$25,000-39,999	2,670**	79.6	73.8	-	85.3	20.5	14.7	-	26.2
	$40,000 or more	4,684**	88.9	85.5	-	92.3	11.1	7.7	-	14.5
WIC Recipient
	No	8,842**	83.4	80.5	-	86.3	16.6	13.7	-	19.5
	Yes	4,153**	69.1	63.8	-	74.4	30.9	25.6	-	36.2
Medicaid Recipient
	No	8,545**	85.1	82.3	-	88.0	14.9	12.0	-	17.7
	Yes	4,476**	66.9	61.7	-	72.1	33.1	27.9	-	38.3
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	822	81.5	78.8	-	84.2	18.5	15.8	-	21.2
	2500 grams or more	12,776	78.7	75.9	-	81.5	21.3	18.5	-	24.1
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 8: When you got pregnant with your new baby, were you or your husband or partner using any kind of birth
	control? Birth control means the pill, condoms, diaphragm, foam, rhythm, Norplant shots (Depo-Provera), or ANY
	other way 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 1999 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