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Birth Control Not Used Before Pregnancy, Husband or Partner Didn't Want to Use Anything* | |||||||||||
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | |||||||||||
No | Yes | ||||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | CI | % | CI | ||||||
Total | 3,575** | 87.9 | 82.6 | - | 91.7 | 12.1 | 8.3 | - | 17.4 | ||
Age | |||||||||||
<20 years | 220** | 73.0 | 52.8 | - | 86.8 | 27.0 | 13.2 | - | 47.2 | ||
20-24 years | 1,559** | 88.3 | 78.7 | - | 93.9 | 11.7 | 6.1 | - | 21.3 | ||
25-34 years | 1381** | 93.1 | 86.2 | - | 96.6 | 7.0 | 3.4 | - | 13.8 | ||
35+ years | 414** | 87.4 | 65.5 | - | 96.2 | 12.6 | 3.8 | - | 34.5 | ||
Mother's Race | |||||||||||
White | 3,466** | 88.8 | 83.6 | - | 92.6 | 11.2 | 7.4 | - | 16.4 | ||
Black | 41** | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||
Other | 67** | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||
Hispanic Origin | |||||||||||
Yes | 62** | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||
No | 3,496** | 87.8 | 82.5 | - | 91.7 | 12.2 | 8.3 | - | 17.6 | ||
Education | |||||||||||
< High School | 597** | 77.3 | 57.7 | - | 89.5 | 22.7 | 10.6 | - | 42.3 | ||
High School | 1,554** | 88.1 | 80.1 | - | 93.2 | 11.9 | 6.8 | - | 20.0 | ||
>High School | 1,372** | 92.1 | 84.8 | - | 96.1 | 7.9 | 3.9 | - | 15.3 | ||
Marital Status | |||||||||||
Married | 1,717** | 91.6 | 84.6 | - | 95.6 | 8.4 | 4.4 | - | 15.4 | ||
Other | 1,857** | 85.3 | 77.3 | - | 90.8 | 14.7 | 9.2 | - | 22.7 | ||
Income | |||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 1,463** | 85.7 | 76.1 | - | 91.8 | 14.3 | 8.2 | - | 23.9 | ||
$15,000-24,999 | 526** | 81.9 | 66.6 | - | 91.1 | 18.1 | 8.9 | - | 33.4 | ||
$25,000-49,999 | 1,019** | 95.0 | 83.9 | - | 98.6 | 5.0 | 1.4 | - | 16.1 | ||
$50,000 or more | 566** | 91.1 | 78.4 | - | 96.6 | 9.0 | 3.4 | - | 21.6 | ||
Enrolled in WIC | |||||||||||
No | 1,926** | 91.8 | 84.3 | - | 95.9 | 8.2 | 4.1 | - | 15.7 | ||
Yes | 1,625** | 84.1 | 75.7 | - | 90.0 | 15.9 | 10.1 | - | 24.3 | ||
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | |||||||||||
No | 1,212** | 91.5 | 82.6 | - | 96.1 | 8.5 | 3.9 | - | 17.4 | ||
Yes | 2,362** | 86.2 | 79.3 | - | 91.1 | 13.8 | 8.9 | - | 20.8 | ||
Infant's birth weight | |||||||||||
<2500 grams | 262** | 83.7 | 78.1 | - | 88.1 | 16.3 | 11.9 | - | 21.9 | ||
2500 grams or more | 3,312** | 88.2 | 82.4 | - | 92.2 | 11.9 | 7.8 | - | 17.6 | ||
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 14f: What were your or your husband's or partner's reasons for not doing anything | |||||||||||
to keep from getting pregnant? | My husband or partner didn't want to use anything | ||||||||||
** 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 | |||||||||||