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Pregnancy Intention*
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
    Intended!       Unintended!    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 14,152 61.5 58.2 - 64.8 38.5 35.2 - 41.9
Age              
<20 years 1,135 24.7 14.2 - 39.5 75.3 60.5 - 85.8
20-24 years 3,580 46.1 39.6 - 52.8 53.9 47.2 - 60.4
25-34 years 7,399 70.6 66.3 - 74.6 29.4 25.4 - 33.7
35+ years 2,037 74.6 66.3 - 81.5 25.4 18.5 - 33.7
Mother's Race              
White 13,494 62.0 58.5 - 65.3 38.0 34.7 - 41.5
Black 299 # # - # # # - #
Other  344 51.4 32.2 - 70.2 48.6 29.9 - 67.8
Hispanic Origin              
Yes 221^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,908^ 61.3 57.9 - 64.6 38.7 35.4 - 42.1
Education              
< High School 1,526 35.4 24.7 - 47.8 64.6 52.2 - 75.4
High School 4,759 52.4 46.5 - 58.3 47.6 41.8 - 53.5
> High School 7,786 71.3 67.3 - 75.0 28.7 25.0 - 32.7
Marital Status              
Married 8,934 76.8 73.1 - 80.1 23.2 19.9 - 26.9
Other 5,216 38.5 33.1 - 44.2 61.5 55.8 - 66.9
Income              
$14,999 or less 3,687** 41.9 35.5 - 48.7 58.1 51.3 - 64.6
$15,000-24,999 1,803** 48.8 39.7 - 57.9 51.2 42.1 - 60.3
$25,000-49,999 3,092** 65.1 58.4 - 71.3 34.9 28.7 - 41.6
$50,000 or more 4,691** 79.9 75.1 - 84.0 20.1 16.1 - 24.9
Enrolled in WIC              
No 8,233** 70.8 66.8 - 74.4 29.2 25.6 - 33.2
Yes 4,956** 47.1 41.4 - 52.9 52.9 47.1 - 58.6
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid            
No 7,110** 76.9 72.9 - 80.4 23.1 19.6 - 27.1
Yes 6,163** 43.9 38.9 - 49.1 56.1 51.0 - 61.1
Infant's birth weight              
<2500 grams 966 62.2 58.8 - 65.5 37.8 34.5 - 41.2
2500 grams or more 13,184 61.5 57.9 - 64.9 38.5 35.1 - 42.1
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.
*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 2006 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