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Did Mother Receive Counseling on Birth Control Use After Pregnancy?*
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,604 13.9 11.7 - 16.1 86.1 83.9 - 88.3
Age                    
<20 years 1,322 9.6 3.7 - 15.4 90.4 84.6 - 96.3
20-24 years 3,313 12.8 8.4 - 17.2 87.2 82.8 - 91.6
25-34 years 7,236 15.0 11.9 - 18.1 85.0 81.9 - 88.1
35+ years 1,733 15.1 8.7 - 21.5 84.9 78.5 - 91.3
Mother's Race                  
White 13,198 14.0 11.8 - 16.2 86.0 83.8 - 88.2
Black 105 # # - # # # - #
Other 270 7.4 0.0 - 20.8 92.6 79.2 - 100.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 134^ # # - # # # - #
No 12,771^ 14.0 11.7 - 16.3 86.0 83.7 - 88.3
Education                  
< High School 1,474 7.8 2.9 - 12.7 92.2 87.3 - 97.1
High School 5,093 14.2 10.5 - 17.9 85.8 82.1 - 89.5
>High School 6,936 15.2 12.0 - 18.3 84.8 81.7 - 88.0
Marital Status                  
Married 9,354 14.7 12.0 - 17.4 85.3 82.6 - 88.0
Other 4,250 12.3 8.5 - 16.0 87.8 84.0 - 91.5
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,593** 13.1 9.0 - 17.2 86.9 82.8 - 91.0
$16,000-24,999 1,786** 7.9 3.4 - 12.3 92.2 87.7 - 96.6
$25,000-39,999 2,670** 17.1 11.9 - 22.4 82.9 77.6 - 88.1
$40,000 or more 4,684** 14.8 11.0 - 18.5 85.2 81.5 - 89.0
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,842** 15.5 12.7 - 18.3 84.5 81.7 - 87.3
Yes 4,153** 10.3 6.9 - 13.7 89.7 86.3 - 93.1
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,545** 15.5 12.7 - 18.3 84.5 81.7 - 87.3
Yes 4,476** 11.0 7.6 - 14.4 89.0 85.6 - 92.4
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 822 20.9 18.1 - 23.7 79.1 76.3 - 81.9
2500 grams or more 12,776 13.5 11.2 - 15.8 86.5 84.2 - 88.8
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 16: During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you
about any of the things listed below? f. Birth control methods to use after your pregnancy
** 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