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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