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Birth Control Not Used Before Pregnancy, Mother Had Side Effects From Her Birth Control Methods* | |||||||||||
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | |||||||||||
No | Yes | ||||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | CI | % | CI | ||||||
Total | 3,575** | 89.2 | 84.2 | - | 92.7 | 10.8 | 7.3 | - | 15.8 | ||
Age | |||||||||||
<20 years | 220** | 87.4 | 69.3 | - | 95.5 | 12.6 | 4.5 | - | 30.7 | ||
20-24 years | 1,559** | 88.3 | 78.7 | - | 93.9 | 11.7 | 6.1 | - | 21.3 | ||
25-34 years | 1381** | 90.8 | 82.8 | - | 95.2 | 9.2 | 4.8 | - | 17.2 | ||
35+ years | 414** | 88.3 | 67.8 | - | 96.4 | 11.7 | 3.6 | - | 32.2 | ||
Mother's Race | |||||||||||
White | 3,466** | 88.8 | 83.7 | - | 92.5 | 11.2 | 7.5 | - | 16.3 | ||
Black | 41** | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||
Other | 67** | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||
Hispanic Origin | |||||||||||
Yes | 62** | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||
No | 3,496** | 89.9 | 85.1 | - | 93.2 | 10.2 | 6.8 | - | 14.9 | ||
Education | |||||||||||
< High School | 597** | 86.9 | 68.5 | - | 95.3 | 13.2 | 4.8 | - | 31.5 | ||
High School | 1,554** | 91.1 | 83.6 | - | 95.4 | 8.9 | 4.6 | - | 16.5 | ||
>High School | 1,372** | 88.3 | 80.2 | - | 93.3 | 11.8 | 6.7 | - | 19.8 | ||
Marital Status | |||||||||||
Married | 1,717** | 90.5 | 83.2 | - | 94.9 | 9.5 | 5.1 | - | 16.8 | ||
Other | 1,857** | 88.3 | 81.0 | - | 93.0 | 11.7 | 7.0 | - | 19.0 | ||
Income | |||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 1,463** | 89.2 | 81.0 | - | 94.1 | 10.8 | 5.9 | - | 19.0 | ||
$15,000-24,999 | 526** | 83.7 | 67.5 | - | 92.7 | 16.3 | 7.3 | - | 32.5 | ||
$25,000-49,999 | 1,019** | 94.7 | 82.7 | - | 98.5 | 5.3 | 1.5 | - | 17.3 | ||
$50,000 or more | 566** | 88.1 | 74.9 | - | 94.9 | 11.9 | 5.2 | - | 25.1 | ||
Enrolled in WIC | |||||||||||
No | 1,926** | 92.2 | 85.6 | - | 95.9 | 7.8 | 4.1 | - | 14.5 | ||
Yes | 1,625** | 87.3 | 79.3 | - | 92.4 | 12.8 | 7.6 | - | 20.7 | ||
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | |||||||||||
No | 1,212** | 88.7 | 79.2 | - | 94.2 | 11.3 | 5.9 | - | 20.9 | ||
Yes | 2,362** | 89.4 | 83.1 | - | 93.6 | 10.6 | 6.4 | - | 16.9 | ||
Infant's birth weight | |||||||||||
<2500 grams | 262** | 85.9 | 80.6 | - | 90.0 | 14.1 | 10.1 | - | 19.4 | ||
2500 grams or more | 3,312** | 89.4 | 84.1 | - | 93.1 | 10.6 | 6.9 | - | 15.9 | ||
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 14c: What were your or your husband's or partner's reasons for not doing anything | |||||||||||
to keep from getting pregnant? | I had side effects from the birth control method I was using | ||||||||||
** 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 | |||||||||||