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Was Birth Control Used At Conception?* | ||||||||||||
(among women who were not trying to get pregnant) | ||||||||||||
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | ||||||||||||
No | Yes | |||||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | |||||||
Total | 6118** | 52.6 | 47.6 | - | 57.7 | 47.4 | 42.3 | - | 52.5 | |||
Age | ||||||||||||
<20 years | 974** | 52.2 | 38.4 | - | 65.7 | 47.8 | 34.3 | - | 61.6 | |||
20-24 years | 2,141** | 51.3 | 42.7 | - | 59.9 | 48.7 | 40.1 | - | 57.4 | |||
25-34 years | 2,415** | 55.8 | 48.0 | - | 63.3 | 44.2 | 36.7 | - | 52.0 | |||
35+ years | 586** | 45.2 | 30.7 | - | 60.7 | 54.8 | 39.3 | - | 69.4 | |||
Mother's Race | ||||||||||||
White | 5,928** | 52.5 | 47.3 | - | 57.6 | 47.5 | 42.4 | - | 52.7 | |||
Black | 83** | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |||
Other | 104** | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |||
Hispanic Origin | ||||||||||||
Yes | 108** | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |||
No | 6,009** | 53.2 | 48.0 | - | 58.2 | 46.8 | 41.8 | - | 52.0 | |||
Education | ||||||||||||
< High School | 998** | 59.6 | 44.7 | - | 73.0 | 40.4 | 27.0 | - | 55.4 | |||
High School | 2,473** | 53.8 | 46.0 | - | 61.5 | 46.2 | 38.5 | - | 54.0 | |||
> High School | 2,643** | 48.9 | 41.6 | - | 56.3 | 51.1 | 43.7 | - | 58.4 | |||
Marital Status | ||||||||||||
Married | 2,335** | 53.4 | 45.8 | - | 60.9 | 46.6 | 39.1 | - | 54.2 | |||
Other | 3,783** | 52.2 | 45.4 | - | 58.8 | 47.9 | 41.2 | - | 54.6 | |||
Income | ||||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 2,243** | 53.9 | 45.1 | - | 62.4 | 46.1 | 37.6 | - | 54.9 | |||
$15,000-24,999 | 1,136** | 52.5 | 40.8 | - | 63.9 | 47.5 | 36.1 | - | 59.2 | |||
$25,000-49,999 | 1,182** | 53.9 | 42.9 | - | 64.6 | 46.1 | 35.4 | - | 57.1 | |||
$50,000 or more | 1,107** | 48.3 | 37.4 | - | 59.4 | 51.7 | 40.6 | - | 62.6 | |||
WIC Recipient | ||||||||||||
No | 2,832** | 52.0 | 44.8 | - | 59.1 | 48.0 | 40.9 | - | 55.2 | |||
Yes | 3,189** | 52.9 | 45.7 | - | 60.1 | 47.1 | 39.9 | - | 54.3 | |||
Medicaid Recipient | ||||||||||||
No | 1,823** | 54.3 | 45.6 | - | 62.8 | 45.7 | 37.2 | - | 54.5 | |||
Yes | 4,295** | 51.9 | 45.7 | - | 58.1 | 48.1 | 41.9 | - | 54.3 | |||
Infant's birth weight | ||||||||||||
<2500 grams | 369** | 55.0 | 49.9 | - | 60.0 | 45.0 | 40.0 | - | 50.1 | |||
2500 grams or more | 5,745** | 52.5 | 47.1 | - | 57.9 | 47.5 | 42.1 | - | 52.9 | |||
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 2007 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 | ||||||||||||
Maine Department of Health and Human Services | ||||||||||||
Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics |