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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