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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