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      Did Mother Receive Counseling on Birth Control Use After Pregnancy?*
                                                     2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,590 15.7 13.3 - 18.1 84.3 81.9 - 86.7
Age                    
<20 years 1,272 17.8 8.7 - 26.8 82.3 73.2 - 91.3
20-24 years 3,351 16.5 11.3 - 21.7 83.5 78.3 - 88.7
25-34 years 7,088 13.7 10.7 - 16.8 86.3 83.2 - 89.3
35+ years 1,875 20.6 13.6 - 27.6 79.4 72.4 - 86.4
Mother's Race                  
White 13,144 15.4 13.0 - 17.8 84.6 82.2 - 87.0
Black 112 # # - # # # - #
Other 308 25.3 5.0 - 45.6 74.7 54.4 - 100.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 138^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,441^ 15.8 13.4 - 18.3 84.2 81.7 - 86.6
Education                  
< High School 1,471 27.6 18.1 - 37.1 72.4 62.9 - 81.9
High School 4,894 11.4 8.0 - 14.8 88.6 85.2 - 92.0
> High School 7,065 16.0 12.7 - 19.3 84.0 80.7 - 87.3
Marital Status                  
Married 9,398 14.5 11.8 - 17.2 85.5 82.8 - 88.2
Other 4,192 18.5 13.6 - 23.4 81.5 76.6 - 86.4
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,654** 19.2 14.0 - 24.4 80.8 75.6 - 86.0
$16,000-24,999 1,459** 18.6 11.2 - 26.1 81.4 73.9 - 88.8
$25,000-39,999 2,620** 13.8 8.8 - 18.8 86.2 81.2 - 91.2
$40,000 or more 4,811** 14.1 10.5 - 17.7 85.9 82.3 - 89.5
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,652** 13.8 11.1 - 16.5 86.2 83.5 - 88.9
Yes 4,275** 19.9 15.0 - 24.7 80.1 75.3 - 85.0
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,054** 13.8 11.0 - 16.6 86.2 83.4 - 89.0
Yes 4,998** 18.7 14.3 - 23.1 81.3 76.9 - 85.7
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 819 22.4 19.5 - 25.3 77.6 74.7 - 80.5
2500 grams or more 12,761 15.3 12.8 - 17.9 84.7 82.1 - 87.2
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 22:  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?  e. 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 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