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Maternal Pregnancy Intention*      
2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        Intended     Unintended
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,590 65.1 61.9 - 68.2 34.9 31.8 - 38.1
Age                    
<20 years 1,272 23.2 13.3 - 33.1 76.8 66.9 - 86.7
20-24 years 3,351 54.0 47.3 - 60.8 46.0 39.2 - 52.7
25-34 years 7,088 73.8 69.8 - 77.8 26.2 22.2 - 30.2
35+ years 1,875 79.7 72.7 - 86.6 20.4 13.4 - 27.3
Mother's Race                  
White 13,144 65.2 62.0 - 68.4 34.8 31.6 - 38.0
Black 122 # # - # # # - #
Other 308 62.5 41.1 - 83.9 37.5 16.1 - 58.9
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 138^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,441^ 65.1 61.9 - 68.3 34.9 31.7 - 38.1
Education                  
< High School 1,471 48.3 37.9 - 58.7 51.7 41.3 - 62.1
High School 4,894 54.5 49.1 - 59.9 45.5 40.1 - 50.9
> High School 7,065 77.5 73.7 - 81.3 22.5 18.7 - 26.3
Marital Status                  
Married 9,398 77.0 73.7 - 80.3 23.0 19.7 - 26.3
Other 4,192 37.6 31.6 - 43.7 62.4 56.3 - 68.4
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,654** 41.8 35.4 - 48.2 58.2 51.8 - 64.6
$16,000-24,999 1,459** 63.2 53.7 - 72.7 36.8 27.3 - 46.3
$25,000-39,999 2,620** 63.2 56.0 - 70.3 36.8 29.7 - 44.0
$40,000 or more 4,811** 85.1 81.3 - 88.9 14.9 11.1 - 18.7
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,652** 75.9 72.5 - 79.4 24.1 20.6 - 27.5
Yes 4,275** 43.6 37.8 - 49.5 56.4 50.5 - 62.2
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,054** 79.3 76.0 - 82.7 20.7 17.3 - 24.0
Yes 4,998** 42.4 37.0 - 47.8 57.6 52.2 - 63.0
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 819 59.9 56.5 - 63.3 40.1 36.7 - 43.5
2500 grams or more 12,761 65.4 62.0 - 68.7 34.6 31.3 - 38.0
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.
* Variable is calculated from Survey Question 10: Thinking back to just before you got pregnant, how did you feel about
becoming pregnant? I wanted to be pregnant sooner, later, then or I didn't want to be pregnant then
or at any time in the future
** 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