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Did Mother Receive Counseling on Postpartum Birth Control?*  
2001 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,750 14.2 11.9 - 16.4 85.9 83.6 - 88.1
Age                    
<20 years 1,215 9.0 1.8 - 16.1 91.1 83.9 - 98.2
20-24 years 3,376 16.9 12.1 - 21.7 83.1 78.3 - 87.9
25-34 years 7,248 13.3 10.3 - 16.2 86.8 83.8 - 89.7
35+ years 1,909 16.0 9.8 - 22.3 84.0 77.7 - 90.2
Mother's Race                  
White 13,231 13.8 11.6 - 16.1 86.2 83.9 - 88.4
Black 153 # # - # # # - #
Other 354 32.1 5.1 - 59.1 67.9 40.9 - 94.9
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,555^ 14.3 12.0 - 16.5 85.7 83.5 - 88.0
Education                  
< High School 1,424 7.3 1.7 - 12.8 92.7 87.2 - 98.3
High School 4,918 17.9 13.7 - 22.1 82.1 77.9 - 86.3
> High School 7,278 12.9 10.1 - 15.8 87.1 84.2 - 89.9
Marital Status                  
Married 9,387 12.6 10.1 - 15.1 87.4 84.9 - 89.9
Other 4,359 17.9 13.3 - 22.4 82.1 77.6 - 86.7
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,234** 17.9 12.8 - 23.0 82.1 77.0 - 87.2
$16,000-24,999 1,821** 11.7 6.1 - 17.2 88.3 82.8 - 93.9
$25,000-39,999 2,607** 16.8 11.4 - 22.3 83.2 77.7 - 88.6
$40,000 or more 5,104** 11.3 8.2 - 14.3 88.8 85.7 - 91.8
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,872** 13.4 10.8 - 16.0 86.6 84.0 - 89.2
Yes 4,237** 15.9 11.6 - 20.1 84.1 79.9 - 88.4
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 8,181** 13.4 10.7 - 16.2 86.6 83.8 - 89.3
Yes 4,981** 15.3 11.5 - 19.1 84.7 80.9 - 88.5
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 831 23.4 20.5 - 26.3 76.6 73.7 - 79.5
2500 grams or more 12,909 13.6 11.3 - 16.0 86.4 84.0 - 88.7
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 2001 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