Was Birth Control Used At Conception - Division of Public Health Systems | MeCDC

	Was Birth Control Used At Conception?*
	(among women who were not trying to get pregnant)
2005 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%	95% CI			%	95% CI
	Total	6,300	53.2	48.2	-	58.1	46.8	41.9	-	51.8
Age
	<20 years	552**	39.9	24.8	-	57.3	60.1	42.7	-	75.2
	20-24 years	2,370**	61.9	53.6	-	69.5	38.1	30.5	-	46.4
	25-34 years	2,709**	46.8	39.5	-	54.2	53.2	45.8	-	60.5
	35+ years	667**	59.2	44.7	-	72.3	40.8	27.7	-	55.3

Mother's Race
	White	6,052**	53.6	48.5	-	58.5	46.5	41.5	-	51.5
	Black	110**	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	118**	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#

Hispanic Origin
	Yes	95**	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	6,188**	52.9	47.9	-	57.9	47.1	42.1	-	52.1

Education
	< High School	958**	60.0	46.5	-	72.1	40.0	27.9	-	53.5
	High School	2,735**	53.9	45.9	-	61.6	46.2	38.4	-	54.1
	> High School	2,553**	49.0	41.9	-	56.1	51.0	43.9	-	58.1

Marital Status
	Married	2,688**	57.9	50.5	-	65.0	42.1	35.0	-	49.5
	Other	3,611**	49.7	43.0	-	56.3	50.4	43.7	-	57.0

Income
	$14,999 or less	2,634**	53.3	45.4	-	61.0	46.7	39.0	-	54.6
	$15,000-24,999	973**	48.8	36.5	-	61.2	51.2	38.8	-	63.5
	$25,000-49,999	1644**	59.7	50.0	-	68.7	40.3	31.3	-	50.0
	$50,000 or more	1,047**	46.8	35.9	-	58.1	53.2	41.9	-	64.2

WIC Recipient
	No	3,140**	56.2	49.2	-	62.9	43.9	37.1	-	50.8
	Yes	3,083**	50.8	43.6	-	57.9	49.2	42.1	-	56.4

Medicaid Recipient
	No	2,163**	51.8	43.6	-	59.9	48.2	40.1	-	56.4
	Yes	4,136**	53.9	47.7	-	60.0	46.1	40.0	-	52.3

Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	391**	63.1	57.8	-	68.1	36.9	31.9	-	42.2
	2500 grams or more	5,908**	52.5	47.2	-	57.7	47.5	42.3	-	52.8

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 13: When you got pregnant with your new baby, were you or your husband or partner doing
	anything to keep from getting 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