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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