Birth Control Not Used Before Pregnancy, Mother Did Not Think She Could Become Pregnant - Division of Public Health Systems | MeCDC

Birth Control Not Used Before Pregnancy, Mother Did Not Think She Could Become Pregnant?*

2005 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	3,575**	82.4	76.9	-	86.8	17.6	13.2	-	23.1
Age
	<20 years	220**	85.5	61.7	-	95.6	14.5	4.4	-	38.3
	20-24 years	1,559**	76.8	67.1	-	84.2	23.3	15.8	-	32.9
	25-34 years	1381**	96.0	90.1	-	98.4	4.0	1.6	-	9.9
	35+ years	414**	56.8	38.5	-	73.4	43.2	26.6	-	61.5

Mother's Race
	White	3,466**	81.9	76.2	-	86.4	18.2	13.6	-	23.8
	Black	41**	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	67**	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#

Hispanic Origin
	Yes	62**	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	3,496**	82.2	76.6	-	86.7	17.8	13.3	-	23.5

Education
	< High School	597**	76.8	60.2	-	87.9	23.2	12.1	-	39.8
	High School	1,554**	81.7	72.5	-	88.3	18.3	11.7	-	27.6
	>High School	1,372**	85.0	76.8	-	90.7	15.0	9.3	-	23.2

Marital Status
	Married	1,717**	88.3	81.0	-	93.0	11.7	7.0	-	19.0
	Other	1,857**	77.0	68.4	-	83.8	23.0	16.2	-	31.6

Income
	$14,999 or less	1,463**	74.4	64.3	-	82.5	25.6	17.6	-	35.7
	$15,000-24,999	526**	91.3	76.3	-	97.2	8.7	2.8	-	23.7
	$25,000-49,999	1,019**	90.4	80.7	-	95.5	9.6	4.6	-	19.3
	$50,000 or more	566**	80.5	65.8	-	89.8	19.5	10.2	-	34.2

Enrolled in WIC
	No	1,926**	84.3	76.9	-	89.7	15.7	10.3	-	23.1
	Yes	1,625**	80.1	71.1	-	86.8	19.9	13.2	-	28.9

Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	1,212**	86.8	77.8	-	92.5	13.2	7.6	-	22.2
	Yes	2,362**	80.2	72.9	-	85.9	19.8	14.1	-	27.1

Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	262**	76.8	70.5	-	82.1	23.2	17.9	-	29.5
	2500 grams or more	3,312**	82.9	76.9	-	87.5	17.2	12.5	-	23.1

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 14b: What were your or your husband's or partner's reasons for not doing anything
	to keep from getting pregnant?		I thought I could not get pregnant at that time
** 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