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Birth Control Not Used Before Pregnancy, Had Problems Getting It When Needed*
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 3,575** 93.5 89.1 - 96.2 6.5 3.8 - 10.9
Age                    
<20 years 220** 87.9 69.5 - 95.9 12.1 4.2 - 30.5
20-24 years 1,559** 93.9 85.2 - 97.7 6.1 2.3 - 14.9
25-34 years 1381** 93.9 86.4 - 97.4 6.1 2.6 - 13.6
35+ years 414** 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Mother's Race                  
White 3,466** 93.3 88.7 - 96.1 6.7 3.9 - 11.3
Black 41** # # - # # # - #
Other  67** # # - # # # - #
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 62** # # - # # # - #
No 3,496** 93.5 89.0 - 96.2 6.6 3.8 - 11.0
Education                  
< High School 597** 91.4 73.3 - 97.6 8.6 2.4 - 26.7
High School 1,554** 93.5 86.2 - 97.1 6.5 2.9 - 13.9
>High School 1,372** 94.4 87.1 - 97.7 5.6 2.3 - 12.9
Marital Status                  
Married 1,717** 98.8 93.5 - 99.8 1.2 0.2 - 6.5
Other 1,857** 89.9 82.9 - 94.3 10.1 5.7 - 17.1
Income                    
$14,999 or less 1,463** 89.2 80.4 - 94.3 10.8 5.7 - 19.6
$15,000-24,999 526** 94.2 81.1 - 98.7 5.8 1.6 - 18.9
$25,000-49,999 1,019** 97.0 86.3 - 99.4 3.0 0.6 - 13.7
$50,000 or more 566** 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 1,926** 94.7 87.5 - 97.9 5.3 2.2 - 12.6
Yes 1,625** 93.1 86.2 - 96.7 6.9 3.4 - 13.8
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 1,212** 98.1 90.1 - 99.6 2.0 0.4 - 9.9
Yes 2,362** 91.5 85.4 - 95.2 8.5 4.8 - 14.6
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 262** 94.5 90.5 - 96.8 5.5 3.2 - 9.5
2500 grams or more 3,312** 93.4 88.6 - 96.3 6.6 3.7 - 11.4
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 14e:  What were your or your husband's or partner's reasons for not doing anything
  to keep from getting pregnant? I had problems getting birth control when I needed it
** 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