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Did Husband/Partner Not Want the Pregnancy?*  
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,604 89.9 88.0 - 91.9 10.1 8.1 - 12.0
Age                    
<20 years 1,322 85.1 77.8 - 92.4 14.9 7.6 - 22.2
20-24 years 3,313 85.3 80.5 - 90.0 14.7 10.0 - 19.5
25-34 years 7,236 92.3 89.9 - 94.6 7.8 5.4 - 10.1
35+ years 1,733 92.6 87.9 - 97.4 7.4 2.6 - 12.1
Mother's Race                  
White 13,198 90.0 88.0 - 91.9 10.0 8.1 - 12.0
Black 105 # # - # # # - #
Other 270 91.1 76.6 - 100.0 8.9 0.0 - 23.4
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 134^ # # - # # # - #
No 12,771^ 90.0 88.0 - 92.0 10.0 8.0 - 12.0
Education                  
< High School 1,474 82.2 74.8 - 89.5 17.8 10.5 - 25.2
High School 5,093 87.6 84.1 - 91.1 12.4 8.9 - 15.9
>High School 6,936 93.5 91.3 - 95.7 6.5 4.3 - 8.7
Marital Status                  
Married 9,354 94.2 92.3 - 96.0 5.8 4.0 - 7.7
Other 4,250 80.7 76.1 - 85.2 19.3 14.8 - 23.9
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,593** 82.3 77.6 - 87.0 17.7 13.0 - 22.4
$16,000-24,999 1,786** 89.9 84.6 - 95.3 10.1 4.7 - 15.4
$25,000-39,999 2,670** 94.1 90.8 - 97.4 5.9 2.6 - 9.2
$40,000 or more 4,684** 93.3 90.5 - 96.0 6.8 4.0 - 9.5
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,842** 91.3 89.1 - 93.5 8.7 6.5 - 10.9
Yes 4,153** 86.9 83.0 - 90.8 13.1 9.2 - 17.0
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,545** 92.9 90.8 - 95.0 7.1 5.0 - 9.2
Yes 4,476** 84.3 80.2 - 88.3 15.8 11.7 - 19.8
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 822 92.0 90.0 - 93.9 8.1 6.1 - 10.0
2500 grams or more 12,776 89.8 87.8 - 91.9 10.2 8.1 - 12.2
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 30: This question is about (stressful) things that may have happened during the 12 months before you
delivered your new baby. h. Your husband or partner said he did not want you to be 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 1999 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