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   Was Birth Control Used At Conception?*
  (among women who were not trying to get pregnant)
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 5,448** 55.2 50.0 - 60.3 44.8 39.7 - 50.0
Age                    
<20 years 820** 56.6 42.2 - 71.0 43.4 29.0 - 57.8
20-24 years 1,958** 58.6 50.0 - 67.2 41.4 32.8 - 50.0
25-34 years 2,222** 51.7 43.8 - 59.7 48.3 40.3 - 56.2
35+ years 448** 54.7 37.6 - 71.8 45.3 28.2 - 62.4
Mother's Race                  
White 5,317** 55.5 50.3 - 60.8 44.5 39.2 - 49.7
Black 22** # # - # # # - #
Other 109** 29.0 16.6 - 61.6 71.0 16.6 - 100.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 0** # # - # # # - #
No 5,429** 55.0 49.8 - 60.2 45.0 39.8 - 50.2
Education                  
< High School 1,054** 56.7 43.4 - 70.0 43.3 30.0 - 56.6
High School 2,402** 57.5 49.8 - 65.2 42.5 34.8 - 50.2
> High School 1,989** 51.5 43.5 - 59.5 48.5 40.5 - 56.5
Marital Status                  
Married 2,172** 53.8 45.9 - 61.7 46.2 38.3 - 54.1
Other 3,276** 56.1 49.3 - 62.9 43.9 37.1 - 50.7
Income                    
$15,999 or less 2,278** 54.7 46.5 - 62.9 45.3 37.1 - 53.5
$16,000-24,999 788** 50.3 36.7 - 64.0 49.7 36.0 - 63.3
$25,000-39,999 778** 59.8 46.6 - 72.9 40.3 27.1 - 53.4
$40,000 or more 1,227** 55.0 44.7 - 65.4 45.0 34.6 - 55.3
WIC Recipient                  
No 2,706** 52.7 45.5 - 59.8 47.3 40.2 - 54.5
Yes 2,708** 57.7 50.2 - 65.3 42.3 34.7 - 49.8
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 2,102** 56.5 48.5 - 64.5 43.5 35.5 - 51.5
Yes 3,346** 54.3 47.5 - 61.1 45.7 38.9 - 52.5
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 333** 55.0 49.7 - 60.2 45.0 39.8 - 50.3
2500 grams or more 5,109** 55.2 49.7 - 60.7 44.8 39.3 - 50.3
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 12:  When you got pregnant with your new baby, were you or your husband or partner doing
  anything to keep from getting 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