Birth Control Not Used Before Pregnancy, Mother Did Not Mind If She Became Pregnant - Division of Public Health Systems | MeCDC

Birth Control Not Used Before Pregnancy, Mother Did Not Mind If She Became Pregnant?*

2005 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	3,575**	44.5	38.1	-	51.0	16.7	49.0	-	61.9
Age
	<20 years	220**	52.9	28.2	-	76.3	47.1	23.7	-	71.8
	20-24 years	1,559**	46.7	36.8	-	56.8	53.3	43.2	-	63.2
	25-34 years	1381**	40.6	31.0	-	51.0	59.4	49.0	-	69.0
	35+ years	414**	44.8	28.0	-	62.9	55.2	37.2	-	72.0

Mother's Race
	White	3,466**	45.3	38.8	-	51.9	54.8	48.1	-	61.2
	Black	41**	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	67**	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#

Hispanic Origin
	Yes	62**	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	3,496**	44.8	38.4	-	51.4	55.2	48.6	-	61.6

Education
	< High School	597**	51.3	35.2	-	67.1	48.7	32.9	-	64.9
	High School	1,554**	49.3	39.1	-	59.5	50.7	40.5	-	60.9
	>High School	1,372**	37.8	29.0	-	47.5	62.2	52.5	-	71.0

Marital Status
	Married	1,717**	31.1	23.2	-	40.3	68.9	59.7	-	76.9
	Other	1,857**	56.9	47.6	-	65.7	43.1	34.3	-	52.4

Income
	$14,999 or less	1,463**	51.3	40.8	-	61.6	48.8	38.4	-	59.2
	$15,000-24,999	526**	55.6	38.9	-	71.0	44.4	29.0	-	61.1
	$25,000-49,999	1,019**	33.7	23.2	-	46.0	66.4	54.0	-	76.8
	$50,000 or more	566**	36.3	23.2	-	51.7	63.8	48.3	-	76.8

Enrolled in WIC
	No	1,926**	41.1	32.8	-	50.0	58.9	50.1	-	67.2
	Yes	1,625**	47.7	38.1	-	57.4	52.3	42.6	-	61.9

Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	1,212**	32.6	23.3	-	43.5	67.3	56.5	-	76.7
	Yes	2,362**	50.6	42.5	-	58.7	49.4	41.4	-	57.5

Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	262**	58.6	51.9	-	65.0	41.4	35.0	-	48.1
	2500 grams or more	3,312**	43.4	36.6	-	50.4	56.6	49.6	-	63.4

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.
*Survey Question 14a: What were your or your husband's or partner's reasons for not doing anything
	to keep from getting pregnant?		I didn't mind if I got pregnant
** 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