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Did Mother Receive Counseling on Postpartum Birth Control?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,546 15.2 12.8 - 17.5 84.8 82.5 - 87.2
Age                    
<20 years 1,147 8.0 1.9 - 14.0 92.0 86.0 - 98.1
20-24 years 3,364 13.8 9.0 - 18.6 86.2 81.4 - 91.0
25-34 years 7,149 16.9 13.6 - 20.2 83.1 79.8 - 86.4
35+ years 1,886 15.1 8.5 - 21.8 84.9 78.2 - 91.5
Mother's Race                  
White 13,013 15.2 12.8 - 17.6 84.8 82.4 - 87.2
Black 171 # # - # # # - #
Other 337 15.1 0.0 - 34.0 84.9 66.0 - 100.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 168^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,373^ 15.1 12.7 - 17.5 84.9 82.5 - 87.3
Education                  
< High School 1,427 10.7 3.8 - 17.5 89.4 82.5 - 96.2
High School 4,772 16.2 12.0 - 20.3 83.8 79.7 - 88.0
> High School 7,277 15.3 12.2 - 18.4 84.7 81.6 - 87.8
Marital Status                  
Married 9,130 16.0 13.1 - 18.9 84.0 81.1 - 86.9
Other 4,417 13.5 9.6 - 17.5 86.5 82.5 - 90.4
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 12.4 8.0 - 16.8 87.6 83.2 - 92.0
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 15.0 7.9 - 22.0 85.0 78.0 - 92.1
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 17.6 11.4 - 23.7 82.5 76.3 - 88.6
$40,000 or more 5,632** 15.5 11.9 - 19.0 84.5 81.0 - 88.1
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,719** 16.5 13.5 - 19.4 83.5 80.6 - 86.5
Yes 4,223** 12.5 8.6 - 16.4 87.5 83.6 - 91.4
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,899** 15.8 12.8 - 18.9 84.2 81.1 - 87.2
Yes 5,080** 14.1 10.4 - 17.9 85.9 82.1 - 89.6
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 855 21.8 18.8 - 24.7 78.2 75.3 - 81.2
2500 grams or more 12,688 14.8 12.3 - 17.3 85.2 82.7 - 87.7
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 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