Birth Control Not Used Before Pregnancy, Thought Partner or Self was Sterile - Division of Public Health Systems | MeCDC

Birth Control Not Used Before Pregnancy, Thought Partner or Self was Sterile?*

2005 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	3,575**	91.5	87.2	-	94.4	8.5	5.6	-	12.8
Age
	<20 years	220**	88.0	62.1	-	97.0	12.0	3.0	-	37.9
	20-24 years	1,559**	92.0	84.7	-	96.0	8.0	4.1	-	15.3
	25-34 years	1381**	90.5	82.7	-	95.0	9.5	5.0	-	17.3
	35+ years	414**	94.9	80.2	-	98.9	5.1	1.1	-	19.8

Mother's Race
	White	3,466**	91.2	86.8	-	94.2	8.8	5.8	-	13.2
	Black	41**	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	67**	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#

Hispanic Origin
	Yes	62**	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	3,496**	91.3	86.9	-	94.3	8.7	5.7	-	13.1

Education
	< High School	597**	88.0	73.9	-	95.0	12.0	5.0	-	26.2
	High School	1,554**	92.5	85.6	-	96.3	7.5	3.7	-	14.4
	>High School	1,372**	91.5	83.9	-	95.7	8.5	4.3	-	16.1

Marital Status
	Married	1,717**	99.6	99.2	-	99.8	0.4	0.2	-	0.8
	Other	1,857**	84.0	76.3	-	89.5	16.0	10.5	-	23.7

Income
	$14,999 or less	1,463**	89.7	81.7	-	94.4	10.3	5.6	-	18.3
	$15,000-24,999	526**	86.0	69.7	-	94.3	14.0	5.7	-	30.3
	$25,000-49,999	1,019**	94.1	86.3	-	97.6	5.9	2.4	-	13.7
	$50,000 or more	566**	96.5	84.9	-	99.3	3.5	0.7	-	15.1

Enrolled in WIC
	No	1,926**	90.3	83.7	-	94.4	9.7	5.6	-	16.3
	Yes	1,625**	93.9	87.7	-	97.1	6.1	2.9	-	12.3

Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	1,212**	96.8	90.5	-	99.0	3.2	1.0	-	9.5
	Yes	2,362**	88.8	82.7	-	92.9	11.3	7.2	-	17.3

Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	262**	85.1	79.5	-	89.4	14.9	10.6	-	20.5
	2500 grams or more	3,312**	92.0	87.3	-	95.1	8.0	5.0	-	12.7

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 14c: What were your or your husband's or partner's reasons for not doing anything
	to keep from getting pregnant?		I thought my husband or partner or I was sterile
** 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