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Pregnancy Intention*
2004 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        Intended!       Unintended!    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,929 64.4 61.2 - 67.6 35.6 32.4 - 38.8
Age                    
<20 years 1,102 23.4 14.4 - 35.6 76.6 64.5 - 85.6
20-24 years 3,427 49.0 42.3 - 55.7 51.0 44.4 - 57.7
25-34 years 7,434 75.9 71.9 - 79.5 24.1 20.5 - 28.1
35+ years 1,961 72.1 63.4 - 79.4 27.9 20.6 - 36.6
Mother's Race                  
White 13,340 64.8 61.5 - 67.9 35.2 32.1 - 38.5
Black 224 67.2 35.9 - 88.2 32.8 11.8 - 64.1
Other 343 41.9 21.6 - 65.4 58.1 34.6 - 78.5
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,722^ 64.5 61.3 - 67.7 35.5 32.3 - 38.7
Education                  
< High School 1,424 41.3 29.9 - 53.7 58.7 46.3 - 70.1
High School 4,823 53.1 47.5 - 58.6 46.9 41.4 - 52.5
> High School 7,600 76.8 72.9 - 80.3 23.2 19.8 - 27.1
Marital Status                  
Married 9,208 77.2 73.8 - 80.3 22.8 19.7 - 26.2
Other 4,721 35.1 29.4 - 41.2 64.9 58.8 - 70.6
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,480** 38.9 32.3 - 44.9 61.6 55.1 - 67.8
$15,000-24,999 1,753** 58.4 49.0 - 67.3 41.6 32.7 - 51.0
$25,000-49,999 2,262** 71.1 64.9 - 76.6 28.9 23.4 - 35.1
$50,000 or more 5,227** 82.0 77.3 - 85.8 18.1 14.2 - 22.7
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,691** 73.6 69.8 - 77.1 26.4 22.9 - 30.2
Yes 4,493** 47.3 41.6 - 53.0 52.7 47.0 - 58.4
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,586** 77.7 73.8 - 81.1 22.3 18.9 - 26.2
Yes 5,658** 47.7 42.6 - 52.8 52.4 47.2 - 64.9
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 891 61.7 58.2 - 65.1 38.3 34.9 - 41.8
2500 grams or more 13,028 64.6 61.2 - 67.9 35.4 32.1 - 38.9
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 11:  Thinking back to just before you got pregnant, how did you feel about
becoming pregnant?
! 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
** 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 2004 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