| Birth Control Not Used Before Pregnancy, Mother Did Not Think
She Could Become Pregnant?* |
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| 2002 Maine
Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results |
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Yes |
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Population |
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CI |
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Total |
3,174** |
79.6 |
74.1 |
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85.1 |
20.4 |
14.9 |
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25.9 |
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<20 years |
526** |
71.0 |
54.3 |
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87.7 |
29.0 |
12.3 |
- |
45.7 |
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20-24 years |
1,210** |
80.4 |
71.7 |
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89.1 |
19.6 |
10.9 |
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28.3 |
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25-34 years |
1,192** |
84.2 |
76.3 |
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92.1 |
15.8 |
7.9 |
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23.7 |
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35+ years |
245** |
71.7 |
50.7 |
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92.6 |
28.3 |
7.4 |
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49.3 |
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Race |
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White |
3,120** |
79.8 |
74.2 |
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85.4 |
20.2 |
14.6 |
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25.8 |
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Black |
22** |
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Other |
31** |
45.5 |
0.0 |
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100.0 |
54.5 |
0.0 |
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100.0 |
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| Hispanic
Origin |
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Yes |
0** |
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No |
3,155** |
79.5 |
73.9 |
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85.1 |
20.5 |
14.9 |
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26.1 |
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< High School |
667** |
74.3 |
59.6 |
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88.9 |
25.8 |
11.1 |
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40.4 |
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High School |
1,434** |
79.2 |
71.0 |
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87.4 |
20.8 |
12.6 |
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29.0 |
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>High School |
1,070** |
83.5 |
75.4 |
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91.6 |
16.5 |
8.4 |
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24.6 |
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Status |
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Married |
1,246** |
84.8 |
77.1 |
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92.4 |
15.3 |
7.6 |
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22.9 |
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Other |
1,928** |
76.3 |
68.6 |
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83.9 |
23.7 |
16.1 |
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31.4 |
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$15,999 or less |
1,336** |
77.4 |
68.4 |
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86.4 |
22.6 |
13.6 |
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31.6 |
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$16,000-24,999 |
428** |
86.6 |
74.2 |
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99.0 |
13.4 |
1.0 |
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25.8 |
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$25,000-39,999 |
494** |
85.9 |
74.0 |
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97.7 |
14.2 |
2.3 |
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26.0 |
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$40,000 or more |
677** |
76.9 |
64.9 |
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89.0 |
23.1 |
11.0 |
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35.1 |
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| Enrolled in
WIC |
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No |
1,472** |
78.5 |
70.4 |
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86.5 |
21.6 |
13.5 |
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29.6 |
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Yes |
1,684** |
80.4 |
72.7 |
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88.1 |
19.6 |
11.9 |
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27.3 |
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| Enrolled in
MaineCare/Medicaid |
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No |
1,218** |
83.9 |
76.0 |
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91.7 |
16.2 |
8.3 |
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24.0 |
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Yes |
1,956** |
77.0 |
69.5 |
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84.5 |
23.0 |
15.5 |
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30.5 |
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| Infant's
birth weight |
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<2500 grams |
189** |
74.8 |
68.7 |
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81.0 |
25.2 |
19.0 |
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31.3 |
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2500 grams or more |
2,983** |
80.0 |
74.1 |
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85.8 |
20.1 |
14.2 |
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25.9 |
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| NOTES: |
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| Population
size for groups giving birth in Maine are taken from the Maine Vital
Statistics System unless otherwise noted. |
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Unknowns are excluded from all
tabulations. |
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| *Survey
Question 13: What were your
or your husband's or partner's reasons for not doing anything |
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to keep from getting pregnant? |
I thought I could not get pregnant at that
time |
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Estimates of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are
made through PRAMS. |
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| ^ Estimate
of Hispanic population giving birth in Maine is taken from the 2002 birth
file. |
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There were fewer than 10 survey respondents to this question. Data may be unreliable for
describing this group, therefore |
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percent is not reported. |
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| CI = 95%
Confidence Interval |
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