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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