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Pregnancy Intention* | |||||||||||||
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | |||||||||||||
Intended! | Unintended! | ||||||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | CI | % | CI | ||||||||
Total | 14,110 | 63.1 | 59.7 | - | 66.3 | 36.9 | 33.7 | - | 40.3 | ||||
Age | |||||||||||||
<20 years | 1,176 | 27.0 | 17.5 | - | 39.2 | 73.0 | 60.8 | - | 82.5 | ||||
20-24 years | 3,620 | 49.2 | 42.4 | - | 55.9 | 50.8 | 44.1 | - | 57.6 | ||||
25-34 years | 7,307 | 71.4 | 67.0 | - | 75.4 | 28.6 | 24.6 | - | 33.0 | ||||
35+ years | 2,007 | 81.0 | 73.2 | - | 86.9 | 19.0 | 13.1 | - | 26.8 | ||||
Mother's Race | |||||||||||||
White | 13,392 | 63.2 | 59.8 | - | 66.5 | 36.8 | 33.5 | - | 40.2 | ||||
Black | 330 | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||||
Other | 373 | 54.3 | 30.5 | - | 76.2 | 45.8 | 23.8 | - | 69.5 | ||||
Hispanic Origin | |||||||||||||
Yes | 208^ | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||||
No | 13,871^ | 63.2 | 59.8 | - | 66.5 | 36.8 | 33.6 | - | 40.2 | ||||
Education | |||||||||||||
< High School | 1,490 | 36.1 | 25.0 | - | 48.8 | 64.0 | 51.3 | - | 75.0 | ||||
High School | 4,761 | 50.4 | 44.5 | - | 56.3 | 49.6 | 43.7 | - | 55.5 | ||||
> High School | 7,798 | 74.7 | 70.7 | - | 78.2 | 25.3 | 21.8 | - | 29.3 | ||||
Marital Status | |||||||||||||
Married | 8,592 | 77.6 | 73.9 | - | 80.9 | 22.4 | 19.1 | - | 26.1 | ||||
Other | 5,515 | 41.3 | 35.8 | - | 47.0 | 58.7 | 53.0 | - | 64.2 | ||||
Income | |||||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 3,876** | 44.7 | 38.3 | - | 51.3 | 55.3 | 48.7 | - | 61.7 | ||||
$15,000-24,999 | 1,819** | 48.5 | 39.4 | - | 57.7 | 51.5 | 42.3 | - | 60.6 | ||||
$25,000-49,999 | 3,023** | 70.8 | 64.2 | - | 76.7 | 29.2 | 23.3 | - | 35.9 | ||||
$50,000 or more | 4,514** | 79.6 | 74.7 | - | 83.7 | 20.5 | 16.3 | - | 25.3 | ||||
Enrolled in WIC | |||||||||||||
No | 8,032** | 73.0 | 69.1 | - | 76.7 | 27.0 | 23.4 | - | 30.9 | ||||
Yes | 5,058** | 47.8 | 42.2 | - | 53.5 | 52.2 | 46.5 | - | 57.8 | ||||
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | |||||||||||||
No | 6,435** | 79.2 | 75.2 | - | 82.8 | 20.8 | 17.3 | - | 24.9 | ||||
Yes | 6,797** | 47.8 | 43.0 | - | 52.7 | 52.2 | 47.3 | - | 57.0 | ||||
Infant's birth weight | |||||||||||||
<2500 grams | 892 | 62.8 | 59.4 | - | 66.2 | 37.2 | 33.9 | - | 40.7 | ||||
2500 grams or m | 13,207 | 63.1 | 59.5 | - | 66.5 | 36.9 | 33.5 | - | 40.5 | ||||
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 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 |