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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 | ||||||||||