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Was Birth Control Used At Conception?* | ||||||||||||
(among women who were not trying to get pregnant) | ||||||||||||
2008 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | ||||||||||||
No | Yes | |||||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | |||||||
Total | 5,868 | 54.8 | 49.8 | - | 59.7 | 45.2 | 40.3 | - | 50.2 | |||
Age | ||||||||||||
<20 years | 736** | 57.9 | 43.0 | - | 71.5 | 42.1 | 28.5 | - | 57.1 | |||
20-24 years | 2078,** | 57.2 | 48.6 | - | 65.5 | 42.8 | 34.5 | - | 51.4 | |||
25-34 years | 2,489** | 54.8 | 47.2 | - | 62.1 | 45.2 | 37.9 | - | 52.8 | |||
35+ years | 564** | 41.9 | 28.0 | - | 57.3 | 58.1 | 42.7 | - | 72.0 | |||
Mother's Race | ||||||||||||
White | 5,640** | 55.7 | 50.6 | - | 60.7 | 44.3 | 39.3 | - | 49.4 | |||
Black | 70** | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |||
Other | 134** | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |||
Hispanic Origin | ||||||||||||
Yes | 86** | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |||
No | 5,779** | 54.7 | 49.6 | - | 59.7 | 45.3 | 40.4 | - | 50.4 | |||
Education | ||||||||||||
< High School | 855** | 66.1 | 51.1 | - | 78.5 | 33.9 | 21.6 | - | 48.9 | |||
High School | 2,304** | 56.1 | 48.0 | - | 64.0 | 43.9 | 36.0 | - | 52.0 | |||
> High School | 2,657** | 50.0 | 43.1 | - | 57.0 | 50.0 | 43.0 | - | 56.9 | |||
Marital Status | ||||||||||||
Married | 2,219** | 57.8 | 49.8 | - | 65.4 | 42.2 | 34.6 | - | 50.2 | |||
Other | 3,649** | 53.0 | 46.5 | - | 59.4 | 47.0 | 40.6 | - | 53.5 | |||
Income | ||||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 2,037** | 55.7 | 47.0 | - | 64.1 | 44.3 | 35.9 | - | 53.0 | |||
$15,000-24,999 | 1,188** | 52.0 | 40.7 | - | 63.0 | 48.1 | 37.0 | - | 59.3 | |||
$25,000-49,999 | 1,010** | 51.3 | 39.7 | - | 62.7 | 48.7 | 37.3 | - | 60.3 | |||
$50,000 or more | 979** | 56.4 | 44.5 | - | 67.5 | 43.7 | 32.5 | - | 55.5 | |||
WIC Recipient | ||||||||||||
No | 2,724** | 58.6 | 51.4 | - | 65.4 | 41.4 | 34.6 | - | 48.7 | |||
Yes | 3,106** | 52.0 | 45.0 | - | 59.0 | 48.0 | 41.0 | - | 55.0 | |||
Medicaid Recipient | ||||||||||||
No | 1,657** | 55.1 | 45.9 | - | 63.9 | 44.9 | 36.1 | - | 54.1 | |||
Yes | 4,211** | 54.7 | 48.7 | - | 60.6 | 45.3 | 39.4 | - | 51.3 | |||
Infant's birth weight | ||||||||||||
<2500 grams | 421** | 56.4 | 51.2 | - | 61.4 | 43.6 | 38.6 | - | 48.8 | |||
2500 grams or more | 5,446** | 54.7 | 49.3 | - | 60.0 | 45.3 | 40.0 | - | 50.7 | |||
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 13: When you got pregnant with your new baby, were you or your husband or partner doing | ||||||||||||
anything to keep from getting pregnant? | ||||||||||||
** 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 2008 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 | ||||||||||||
Maine Department of Health and Human Services | ||||||||||||
Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics |