Was Birth Control Used At Conception?*
	(among women who were not trying to get pregnant)
2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%	95% CI			%	95% CI
	Total	5,796**	53.5	48.6	-	58.5	46.5	41.5	-	51.4
Age
	<20 years	948**	44.8	32.1	-	57.4	55.2	42.6	-	67.9
	20-24 years	1,814**	53.6	44.6	-	62.6	46.4	37.4	-	55.4
	25-34 years	2,447**	55.4	47.8	-	63.0	44.6	37.0	-	52.2
	35+ years	586**	59.7	45.2	-	74.2	40.3	25.8	-	54.8
Mother's Race
	White	5,594**	52.9	47.8	-	57.9	47.1	42.1	-	52.2
	Black	19**	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	183**	69.3	41.2	-	97.3	30.7	2.7	-	58.8
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	21**	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	5,715**	52.9	47.9	-	57.9	47.1	42.1	-	52.1
Education
	< High School	991**	59.0	45.9	-	72.1	41.0	27.9	-	54.1
	High School	2,674**	59.3	52.1	-	66.5	40.7	33.5	-	47.9
	> High School	2,083**	43.4	35.6	-	51.3	56.6	48.7	-	64.4
Marital Status
	Married	2,920**	57.7	50.8	-	64.5	42.4	35.5	-	49.2
	Other	2,876**	49.4	42.1	-	56.6	50.7	43.4	-	57.9
Income
	$15,999 or less	2,512**	53.6	45.9	-	61.3	46.4	38.7	-	54.1
	$16,000-24,999	744**	41.5	28.0	-	55.1	58.5	44.9	-	72.0
	$25,000-39,999	1,232**	53.4	42.8	-	64.1	46.6	35.9	-	57.2
	$40,000 or more	1,031**	58.7	47.5	-	70.0	41.3	30.0	-	52.5
WIC Recipient
	No	2,965**	55.3	48.5	-	62.2	44.7	37.8	-	51.5
	Yes	2,758**	51.0	43.7	-	58.4	49.0	41.6	-	56.3
Medicaid Recipient
	No	2,446**	58.2	50.8	-	65.6	41.8	34.4	-	49.2
	Yes	3,350**	50.1	43.5	-	56.8	49.9	43.2	-	56.5
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	336**	55.5	50.5	-	60.5	44.5	39.5	-	49.5
	2500 grams or more	5,459**	53.4	48.1	-	58.7	46.6	41.3	-	51.9
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 12:  When you got pregnant with your new baby, were you or your husband or partner doing
	anything 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 2000 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