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Did Husband/Partner Not Want the Pregnancy?*  
2001 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,750 92.4 90.7 - 94.2 7.6 5.8 - 9.3
Age                    
<20 years 1,215 89.3 81.4 - 97.2 10.7 2.8 - 18.6
20-24 years 3,376 89.9 85.9 - 93.8 10.1 6.2 - 14.1
25-34 years 7,248 93.7 91.5 - 95.9 6.3 4.1 - 8.5
35+ years 1,909 93.9 89.6 - 98.3 6.1 1.7 - 10.4
Mother's Race                  
White 13,231 92.8 91.0 - 94.5 7.3 5.5 - 9.0
Black 153 # # - # # # - #
Other 354 81.9 59.8 - 100.0 18.1 0.0 - 40.2
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,555^ 92.4 90.6 - 94.1 7.6 5.9 - 9.4
Education                  
< High School 1,424 90.8 84.4 - 97.3 9.2 2.7 - 15.6
High School 4,918 89.0 85.4 - 92.5 11.1 7.5 - 14.6
> High School 7,278 95.3 93.4 - 97.1 4.7 2.9 - 6.6
Marital Status                  
Married 9,387 95.8 94.2 - 97.3 4.3 2.7 - 5.8
Other 4,359 84.6 80.2 - 89.1 15.4 10.9 - 19.8
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,234** 83.6 78.6 - 88.6 16.4 11.4 - 21.4
$16,000-24,999 1,821** 92.9 88.4 - 97.5 7.1 2.5 - 11.6
$25,000-39,999 2,607** 93.1 89.4 - 96.7 6.9 3.3 - 10.6
$40,000 or more 5,104** 97.8 96.3 - 99.3 2.2 0.7 - 3.7
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,872** 95.4 93.7 - 97.0 4.6 3.0 - 6.3
Yes 4,237** 86.7 82.7 - 90.7 13.3 9.3 - 17.3
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 8,181** 96.5 95.0 - 98.0 3.5 2.0 - 5.0
Yes 4,981** 85.7 81.9 - 89.6 14.3 10.4 - 18.1
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 831 90.3 88.2 - 92.5 9.7 7.5 - 11.8
2500 grams or more 12,909 92.5 90.7 - 94.4 7.5 5.6 - 9.3
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 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