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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 more 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