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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 | ||||||||||