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Pregnancy Intention* | ||||||||||
2008 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | ||||||||||
Intended! | Unintended! | |||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | CI | % | CI | |||||
Total | 13,605 | 63.5 | 60.1 | - | 66.7 | 36.5 | 33.3 | - | 39.9 | |
Age | ||||||||||
<20 years | 1,119 | 46.7 | 35.1 | - | 58.6 | 53.3 | 41.4 | - | 64.9 | |
20-24 years | 3,490 | 48.4 | 41.7 | - | 55.1 | 51.7 | 44.9 | - | 58.3 | |
25-34 years | 7,126 | 70.5 | 66.0 | - | 74.6 | 29.6 | 25.4 | - | 34.0 | |
35+ years | 1,867 | 78.1 | 70.1 | - | 84.4 | 21.9 | 15.6 | - | 29.9 | |
Mother's Race | ||||||||||
White | 12,829 | 63.4 | 60.0 | - | 66.7 | 36.6 | 33.4 | - | 40.1 | |
Black | 367 | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |
Other | 390 | 76.5 | 56.5 | - | 89.0 | 23.6 | 11.0 | - | 43.5 | |
Hispanic Origin | ||||||||||
Yes | 220^ | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |
No | 13365^ | 63.4 | 60.0 | - | 66.6 | 36.6 | 33.4 | - | 40.0 | |
Education | ||||||||||
< High School | 1,477 | 45.5 | 34.0 | - | 57.4 | 54.6 | 42.7 | - | 66.0 | |
High School | 4,605 | 60.8 | 54.8 | - | 66.4 | 39.2 | 33.6 | - | 45.2 | |
> High School | 7,523 | 69.0 | 64.9 | - | 72.9 | 31.0 | 27.1 | - | 35.1 | |
Marital Status | ||||||||||
Married | 8,232 | 76.6 | 72.7 | - | 80.2 | 23.4 | 19.9 | - | 27.3 | |
Other | 5,372 | 45.5 | 40.2 | - | 50.9 | 54.5 | 49.1 | - | 59.8 | |
Income | ||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 3,041** | 37.6 | 30.8 | - | 44.8 | 62.4 | 55.2 | - | 69.2 | |
$15,000-24,999 | 2,115** | 58.8 | 50.1 | - | 67.0 | 41.2 | 33.0 | - | 49.9 | |
$25,000-49,999 | 2,627** | 71.6 | 64.6 | - | 77.7 | 28.4 | 22.3 | - | 35.4 | |
$50,000 or more | 4,277** | 81.2 | 76.4 | - | 85.3 | 18.8 | 14.7 | - | 23.7 | |
Enrolled in WIC | ||||||||||
No | 7,660** | 70.5 | 66.5 | - | 74.3 | 29.5 | 25.7 | - | 33.5 | |
Yes | 5,355** | 53.3 | 47.8 | - | 58.8 | 46.7 | 41.2 | - | 52.2 | |
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | ||||||||||
No | 6,009** | 77.8 | 73.6 | - | 81.6 | 22.2 | 18.4 | - | 26.5 | |
Yes | 7,062** | 51.1 | 46.3 | - | 55.8 | 48.9 | 44.2 | - | 53.7 | |
Infant's birth weight | ||||||||||
<2500 grams | 910 | 56.6 | 52.8 | - | 60.2 | 43.4 | 39.8 | - | 47.2 | |
2500 grams or more | 12,689 | 63.9 | 60.4 | - | 67.3 | 36.1 | 32.7 | - | 39.6 | |
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. | ||||||||||
*Recoded responses to Survey Question 11: Thinking back to just before you got pregnant, how did you feel about | ||||||||||
becoming pregnant? | ||||||||||
! Intended pregnancies = Wanted to be pregnant sooner or then. Unintended pregnancies = Wanted pregnancy later or didn't | ||||||||||
want pregnancy then or anytime in the future | ||||||||||
** 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 |