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Did Husband/Partner Not Want the Pregnancy?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,546 91.5 89.5 - 93.4 8.5 6.6 - 10.5
Age                    
<20 years 1,147 75.4 64.6 - 86.3 24.6 13.7 - 35.4
20-24 years 3,364 90.9 86.8 - 94.9 9.2 5.1 - 13.2
25-34 years 7,149 93.7 91.6 - 95.9 6.3 4.1 - 8.4
35+ years 1,886 93.7 89.0 - 98.3 6.3 1.7 - 11.0
Mother's Race                  
White 13,013 91.3 89.3 - 93.2 8.7 6.8 - 10.7
Black 171 # # - # # # - #
Other 337 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 168^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,373^ 91.4 89.4 - 93.3 8.6 6.7 - 10.6
Education                  
< High School 1,427 75.6 65.7 - 85.4 24.4 14.6 - 34.3
High School 4,772 93.2 90.4 - 95.9 6.8 4.1 - 9.6
> High School 7,277 93.7 91.6 - 95.9 6.3 4.1 - 8.4
Marital Status                  
Married 9,130 96.1 94.5 - 97.7 3.9 2.3 - 5.5
Other 4,417 82.3 77.7 - 86.9 17.7 13.1 - 22.3
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 79.1 73.4 - 84.8 20.9 15.2 - 26.6
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 91.8 86.1 - 97.5 8.2 2.5 - 13.9
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 96.7 94.0 - 99.5 3.3 0.5 - 6.0
$40,000 or more 5,632** 97.5 96.1 - 99.0 2.5 1.0 - 3.9
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,719** 95.8 94.2 - 97.3 4.3 2.7 - 5.8
Yes 4,223** 82.5 77.8 - 87.2 17.5 12.8 - 22.2
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,899** 96.7 95.2 - 98.2 3.3 1.8 - 4.8
Yes 5,080** 83.3 79.2 - 87.5 16.7 12.5 - 20.8
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 855 89.4 87.2 - 91.7 10.6 8.3 - 12.8
2500 grams or more 12,688 91.6 89.6 - 93.6 8.4 6.4 - 10.4
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 33:  This question is about (stressful) things that may have happened during the 12 months before 
your new baby was born.     h. Your husband or partner said he didn't want you to be 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