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Did Husband/Partner Not Want the Pregnancy?*
2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,590 90.3 88.1 - 92.1 9.7 7.9 - 11.9
Age                    
<20 years 1,272 73.1 61.7 - 82.1 26.9 18.0 - 38.3
20-24 years 3,351 86.5 81.1 - 90.6 13.5 9.4 - 18.9
25-34 years 7,088 94.2 91.6 - 96.1 5.8 4.0 - 8.4
35+ years 1,875 93.2 87.4 - 96.5 6.8 3.5 - 12.6
Mother's Race                  
White 13,144 90.3 88.1 - 92.2 9.7 7.8 - 11.9
Black 122 # # - # # # - #
Other 308 89.8 67.8 - 97.4 10.2 2.6 - 32.3
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 138^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,441^ 90.3 88.0 - 92.1 9.7 7.9 - 12.0
Education                  
< High School 1,471 82.6 73.1 - 89.2 17.4 10.8 - 26.9
High School 4,894 87.6 83.5 - 90.8 12.4 9.2 - 16.5
> High School 7,065 94.1 91.5 - 96.0 5.9 4.0 - 8.5
Marital Status                  
Married 9,368 96.2 94.4 - 97.4 3.8 2.6 - 5.7
Other 4,192 76.8 71.1 - 81.6 23.2 18.4 - 28.9
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,654** 82.8 77.3 - 87.2 17.2 12.8 - 22.7
$16,000-24,999 1,459** 85.8 77.3 - 91.4 14.2 8.6 - 22.7
$25,000-39,999 2,620** 93.8 89.0 - 96.6 6.2 3.4 - 11.0
$40,000 or more 4,811** 96.0 93.2 - 97.7 4.0 2.3 - 6.8
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,652** 94.5 92.3 - 96.0 5.5 4.0 - 7.7
Yes 4,275** 81.7 76.6 - 85.9 18.3 14.1 - 23.4
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 8,054** 95.5 93.5 - 97.0 4.5 3.0 - 6.5
Yes 4,998** 81.9 77.2 - 85.8 18.1 14.2 - 22.8
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 819 90.6 88.3 - 92.5 9.4 7.5 - 11.7
2500 grams or more 12,761 90.3 88.0 - 92.2 9.7 7.8 - 12.0
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 33: This question is about (stressful) things that may have happened during the 12 months before
your new baby was born. h. Your husband or partner said he didn't want you to be 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