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Birth Control Not Used Before Pregnancy, Mother Had Side Effects From Her Birth Control Methods*
2005 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 3,575** 89.2 84.4 - 92.6 10.8 7.4 - 15.6
Age                    
<20 years 220** 86.0 61.8 - 95.9 14.0 4.1 - 38.2
20-24 years 1,559** 88.4 80.3 - 93.4 11.6 6.6 - 19.7
25-34 years 1381** 88.5 79.9 - 93.7 11.5 6.3 - 20.1
35+ years 414** 96.1 78.0 - 99.4 3.9 0.6 - 22.0
Mother's Race                  
White 3,466** 89.2 84.4 - 92.7 10.8 7.3 - 15.6
Black 41** # # - # # # - #
Other  67** # # - # # # - #
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 62** # # - # # # - #
No 3,496** 89.9 85.3 - 93.2 10.1 6.8 - 14.8
Education                  
< High School 597** 92.0 78.6 - 97.3 8.0 2.7 - 21.4
High School 1,554** 90.5 82.3 - 95.2 9.5 4.8 - 17.8
>High School 1,372** 86.0 77.7 - 91.6 14.0 8.4 - 22.3
Marital Status                  
Married 1,717** 91.9 84.9 - 95.8 8.1 4.2 - 15.1
Other 1,857** 86.7 79.3 - 91.7 13.3 8.3 - 20.7
Income                    
$14,999 or less 1,463** 85.9 77.1 - 91.7 14.1 8.3 - 22.9
$15,000-24,999 526** 91.7 77.7 - 97.2 8.3 2.8 - 22.3
$25,000-49,999 1,019** 91.2 81.2 - 96.1 8.8 3.9 - 18.8
$50,000 or more 566** 91.6 78.2 - 97.1 8.4 2.9 - 21.8
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 1,926** 88.4 81.4 - 93.0 11.6 7.0 - 18.6
Yes 1,625** 89.9 82.5 - 94.4 10.1 5.6 - 17.5
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 1,212** 92.1 83.8 - 96.3 8.0 3.7 - 16.2
Yes 2,362** 87.7 81.4 - 92.1 12.3 7.9 - 18.7
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 262** 90.4 85.4 - 93.8 9.6 6.2 - 14.6
2500 grams or more 3,312** 89.1 83.9 - 92.7 10.9 7.3 - 16.1
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 14c:  What were your or your husband's or partner's reasons for not doing anything
  to keep from getting pregnant? I had side effects from the birth control method I was using
** 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 2005 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