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Pregnancy Intention*      
2001 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        Intended!       Unintended!    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,750 63.3 60.1 - 66.5 36.7 33.5 - 39.9
Age                    
<20 years 1,215 28.8 17.5 - 40.1 71.2 59.9 - 82.5
20-24 years 3,376 47.9 41.3 - 54.5 52.1 45.5 - 58.7
25-34 years 7,248 72.4 68.4 - 76.3 27.6 23.7 - 31.6
35+ years 1,909 78.0 70.5 - 85.4 22.1 14.6 - 29.5
Mother's Race                  
White 13,231 63.0 59.8 - 66.2 37.0 33.8 - 40.2
Black 153 # # - # # # - #
Other 354 85.8 66.5 - 100.0 14.2 0.0 - 33.5
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,555^ 63.4 60.2 - 66.6 36.6 33.4 - 39.8
Education                  
< High School 1,424 36.8 25.9 - 47.7 63.2 52.3 - 74.1
High School 4,918 60.6 55.2 - 66.0 39.4 34.0 - 44.8
> High School 7,278 71.0 67.1 - 74.9 29.0 25.1 - 32.9
Marital Status                  
Married 9,387 75.8 72.4 - 79.1 24.3 20.9 - 27.6
Other 4,359 34.3 28.5 - 40.1 65.7 59.9 - 71.5
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,234** 39.5 32.8 - 46.2 60.5 53.8 - 67.2
$16,000-24,999 1,821** 54.3 45.4 - 63.2 45.7 36.8 - 54.6
$25,000-39,999 2,607** 66.5 59.6 - 73.4 33.5 26.6 - 40.4
$40,000 or more 5,104** 81.4 77.4 - 85.4 18.6 14.6 - 22.6
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,872** 71.2 67.6 - 74.8 28.8 25.2 - 32.4
Yes 4,237** 47.2 41.2 - 53.1 52.9 46.9 - 58.8
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 8,181** 75.5 72.0 - 79.0 24.5 21.0 - 28.0
Yes 4,981** 43.1 37.7 - 48.6 56.9 51.4 - 62.3
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 831 57.6 54.1 - 61.0 42.4 39.0 - 45.9
2500 grams or more 12,909 63.6 60.2 - 67.0 36.4 33.0 - 39.8
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.
*Recoded responses to Survey Question 10: Thinking back to just before you got pregnant, how did you feel about
becoming pregnant?
** Estimates of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through PRAMS.
! Intended pregnancies = Wanted to be pregnant sooner or then. Unintended pregnancies = Wanted pregnancy later or didn't
want pregnancy then or anytime in the future
^ 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