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Intended! |
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Unintended! |
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Total |
13,604 |
66.0 |
62.9 |
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69.2 |
34.0 |
30.8 |
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37.1 |
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<20 years |
1,322 |
23.2 |
13.9 |
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32.6 |
76.8 |
67.4 |
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86.1 |
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20-24 years |
3,313 |
52.2 |
45.3 |
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59.1 |
47.8 |
40.9 |
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54.7 |
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25-34 years |
7,236 |
75.6 |
71.7 |
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79.4 |
24.5 |
20.6 |
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28.3 |
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35+ years |
1,733 |
81.4 |
74.2 |
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88.6 |
18.6 |
11.4 |
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25.8 |
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White |
13,198 |
66.3 |
63.1 |
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69.5 |
33.7 |
30.5 |
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36.9 |
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Black |
105 |
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Other |
270 |
67.6 |
43.2 |
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92.0 |
32.4 |
8.0 |
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56.8 |
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Origin |
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Yes |
134^ |
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No |
12,771^ |
66.9 |
63.7 |
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70.1 |
33.1 |
29.9 |
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36.3 |
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< High School |
1,474 |
36.0 |
26.2 |
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45.8 |
64.0 |
54.2 |
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73.8 |
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High School |
5,093 |
60.5 |
55.1 |
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65.8 |
39.5 |
34.2 |
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44.9 |
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>High School |
6,936 |
76.6 |
72.7 |
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80.5 |
23.4 |
19.5 |
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27.3 |
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Married |
9,354 |
78.2 |
74.9 |
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81.5 |
21.8 |
18.5 |
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25.1 |
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Other |
4,250 |
37.6 |
31.7 |
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43.5 |
62.4 |
56.5 |
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68.3 |
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$15,999 or less |
3,593** |
45.5 |
39.0 |
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51.9 |
54.5 |
48.1 |
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61.0 |
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$16,000-24,999 |
1,786** |
50.6 |
41.4 |
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59.8 |
49.4 |
40.2 |
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58.6 |
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$25,000-39,999 |
2,670** |
72.9 |
66.5 |
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79.4 |
27.1 |
20.6 |
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33.5 |
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$40,000 or more |
4,684** |
81.8 |
77.6 |
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86.0 |
18.2 |
14.0 |
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22.4 |
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| WIC Recipient |
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No |
8,842** |
74.4 |
71.0 |
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77.9 |
25.6 |
22.1 |
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29.0 |
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Yes |
4,153** |
46.1 |
40.1 |
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52.2 |
53.9 |
47.8 |
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59.9 |
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Recipient |
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No |
8,545** |
76.5 |
73.0 |
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79.9 |
23.6 |
20.1 |
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27.0 |
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Yes |
4,476** |
44.4 |
38.6 |
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50.2 |
55.6 |
49.8 |
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61.4 |
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weight |
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<2500 grams |
822 |
65.1 |
61.6 |
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68.6 |
34.9 |
31.4 |
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38.4 |
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2500 grams or more |
12,776 |
66.1 |
62.7 |
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69.4 |
33.9 |
30.6 |
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37.3 |
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| NOTES: |
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| Population
size for groups giving birth in Maine are taken from the Maine Vital
Statistics System unless otherwise noted. |
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Unknowns are excluded from all tabulations. |
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| *Survey
Question 5: Thinking back to just
before you got pregnant, how did you feel about becoming pregnant? |
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| ** Estimates
of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through
PRAMS. |
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| ! Intended pregnancies = Wanted to be pregnant sooner or
then. Unintended pregnancies = Wanted
pregnancy later or didn't |
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want pregnancy then or anytime in the
future |
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| ^ Estimate of
Hispanic population giving birth in Maine is taken from the 1999 birth file. |
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There were fewer than 10 survey respondents to this question. Data may be unreliable for describing this
group, therefore |
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percent is not reported. |
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| CI = 95%
Confidence Interval |
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