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Pregnancy Intention*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        Intended!       Unintended!    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,546 66.7 63.5 - 69.8 33.4 30.2 - 36.5
Age                    
<20 years 1,147 28.6 17.4 - 39.9 71.4 60.1 - 82.6
20-24 years 3,364 47.6 40.8 - 54.5 52.4 45.5 - 59.2
25-34 years 7,149 76.4 72.7 - 80.2 23.6 19.8 - 27.3
35+ years 1,886 87.9 81.8 - 94.1 12.1 5.9 - 18.2
Mother's Race                  
White 13,013 67.2 64.0 - 70.3 32.9 29.7 - 36.0
Black 171 # # - # # # - #
Other 337 42.0 15.1 - 69.0 58.0 31.0 - 84.9
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 168^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,373^ 66.5 63.3 - 69.7 33.5 30.3 - 36.7
Education                  
< High School 1,427 38.6 27.6 - 49.7 61.4 50.3 - 72.4
High School 4,772 61.4 55.9 - 66.9 38.6 33.1 - 44.1
> High School 7,277 76.1 72.3 - 79.8 23.9 20.2 - 27.7
Marital Status                  
Married 9,130 80.1 76.9 - 83.3 19.9 16.7 - 23.1
Other 4,417 39.9 34.1 - 45.7 60.1 54.3 - 65.9
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 38.9 32.1 - 45.7 61.1 54.3 - 67.9
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 56.4 46.5 - 66.2 43.6 33.8 - 53.5
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 75.3 68.2 - 82.4 24.7 17.6 - 31.8
$40,000 or more 5,632** 83.3 79.7 - 87.0 16.7 13.0 - 20.3
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,719** 74.8 71.4 - 78.3 25.2 21.7 - 28.6
Yes 4,223** 50.1 44.0 - 56.2 49.9 43.8 - 56.0
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,899** 79.7 76.4 - 83.1 20.3 16.9 - 23.6
Yes 5,080** 46.3 40.8 - 51.8 53.7 48.2 - 59.2
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 855 64.2 60.8 - 67.7 35.8 32.3 - 39.2
2500 grams or more 12,688 66.8 63.5 - 70.2 33.2 29.8 - 36.5
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 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