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Pregnancy Intention*
2005 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        Intended!       Unintended!    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 14,110 62.9 59.6 - 66.0 37.1 34.0 - 40.4
Age                    
<20 years 1,122 42.1 28.8 - 56.6 57.9 43.4 - 71.2
20-24 years 3,506 48.7 42.2 - 55.3 51.3 44.7 - 57.8
25-34 years 7,467 69.3 65.0 - 73.3 30.7 26.7 - 35.0
35+ years 2,013 75.3 67.2 - 82.0 24.7 18.0 - 32.8
Mother's Race                  
White 13,467 62.8 59.5 - 66.0 37.2 34.0 - 40.5
Black 259 # # - # # # - #
Other  358 79.0 51.8 - 92.9 21.0 7.1 - 48.2
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 179^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,905^ 63.0 59.7 - 66.2 37.0 33.8 - 40.3
Education                  
< High School 1,539 48.2 37.5 - 59.1 51.8 41.0 - 62.5
High School 4,747 55.6 49.5 - 61.5 44.5 38.6 - 50.5
> High School 7,783 70.4 66.4 - 74.1 29.6 25.9 - 33.6
Marital Status                  
Married 9,182 78.2 74.6 - 81.4 21.8 18.7 - 25.4
Other 4,922 35.7 30.4 - 41.4 64.3 58.6 - 69.6
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,704** 41.5 35.1 - 48.2 58.5 51.9 - 64.9
$15,000-24,999 1,762** 58.4 49.0 - 67.2 41.6 32.8 - 51.0
$25,000-49,999 3,580** 66.3 59.9 - 72.1 33.7 27.9 - 40.1
$50,000 or more 4,501** 79.3 74.5 - 83.4 20.7 16.6 - 25.5
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,572** 70.3 66.4 - 73.9 29.7 26.1 - 33.7
Yes 4,878** 50.7 45.0 - 56.4 49.3 43.6 - 55.0
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,062** 76.4 72.4 - 80.0 23.6 20.0 - 27.6
Yes 6,485** 48.0 43.1 - 53.0 52.0 47.0 - 56.9
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 963 58.6 55.0 - 62.1 41.4 37.9 - 45.0
2500 grams or more 13,140 63.1 59.6 - 66.5 36.9 33.5 - 40.4
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.
*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 2005 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