Birth Control Not Used Before Pregnancy, Mother Did Not Mind If She Became Pregnant?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	3,174**	54.5	47.7	-	61.4	45.5	38.6	-	52.3
Age
	<20 years	526**	72.2	56.3	-	88.0	27.8	12.0	-	43.7
	20-24 years	1,210**	56.7	45.6	-	67.8	43.3	32.2	-	54.4
	25-34 years	1,192**	47.9	37.0	-	58.8	52.1	41.2	-	63.0
	35+ years	245**	38.0	15.8	-	60.1	62.0	39.9	-	84.2
Mother's Race
	White	3,120**	53.7	46.9	-	60.6	46.3	39.4	-	53.1
	Black	22**	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	31**	100.0	100.0	-	100.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	0**	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	3,155**	54.9	48.0	-	61.7	45.1	38.3	-	52.0
Education
	< High School	667**	64.9	48.7	-	81.1	35.1	18.9	-	51.3
	High School	1,434**	56.0	45.9	-	66.0	44.1	34.0	-	54.1
	>High School	1,070**	46.0	35.1	-	56.9	54.0	43.1	-	64.9
Marital Status
	Married	1,246**	41.2	30.7	-	51.7	58.8	48.3	-	69.3
	Other	1,928**	63.2	54.5	-	71.9	36.8	28.1	-	45.5
Income
	$15,999 or less	1,336**	66.5	56.1	-	76.8	33.6	23.2	-	43.9
	$16,000-24,999	428**	48.9	30.6	-	67.1	51.1	32.9	-	69.4
	$25,000-39,999	494**	41.3	24.7	-	58.0	58.7	42.0	-	75.3
	$40,000 or more	677**	36.6	23.1	-	50.1	63.4	49.9	-	76.9
Enrolled in WIC
	No	1,472**	46.0	36.3	-	55.6	54.0	44.4	-	63.7
	Yes	1,684**	61.6	52.1	-	71.0	38.5	29.0	-	47.9
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	1,218**	42.7	32.1	-	53.3	57.3	46.7	-	67.9
	Yes	1,956**	61.9	53.2	-	70.6	38.1	29.4	-	46.8
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	189**	57.8	50.9	-	64.6	42.2	35.4	-	49.1
	2500 grams or more	2,983**	54.3	47.0	-	61.6	45.7	38.4	-	53.0
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 13:  What were your or your husband's or partner's reasons for not doing anything
	to keep from getting pregnant?		I didn't mind if I got 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 2002 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