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Pregnancy Intention* | |||||||||||||
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | |||||||||||||
Intended! | Unintended! | ||||||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | CI | % | CI | ||||||||
Total | 14,152 | 61.5 | 58.2 | - | 64.8 | 38.5 | 35.2 | - | 41.9 | ||||
Age | |||||||||||||
<20 years | 1,135 | 24.7 | 14.2 | - | 39.5 | 75.3 | 60.5 | - | 85.8 | ||||
20-24 years | 3,580 | 46.1 | 39.6 | - | 52.8 | 53.9 | 47.2 | - | 60.4 | ||||
25-34 years | 7,399 | 70.6 | 66.3 | - | 74.6 | 29.4 | 25.4 | - | 33.7 | ||||
35+ years | 2,037 | 74.6 | 66.3 | - | 81.5 | 25.4 | 18.5 | - | 33.7 | ||||
Mother's Race | |||||||||||||
White | 13,494 | 62.0 | 58.5 | - | 65.3 | 38.0 | 34.7 | - | 41.5 | ||||
Black | 299 | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||||
Other | 344 | 51.4 | 32.2 | - | 70.2 | 48.6 | 29.9 | - | 67.8 | ||||
Hispanic Origin | |||||||||||||
Yes | 221^ | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||||
No | 13,908^ | 61.3 | 57.9 | - | 64.6 | 38.7 | 35.4 | - | 42.1 | ||||
Education | |||||||||||||
< High School | 1,526 | 35.4 | 24.7 | - | 47.8 | 64.6 | 52.2 | - | 75.4 | ||||
High School | 4,759 | 52.4 | 46.5 | - | 58.3 | 47.6 | 41.8 | - | 53.5 | ||||
> High School | 7,786 | 71.3 | 67.3 | - | 75.0 | 28.7 | 25.0 | - | 32.7 | ||||
Marital Status | |||||||||||||
Married | 8,934 | 76.8 | 73.1 | - | 80.1 | 23.2 | 19.9 | - | 26.9 | ||||
Other | 5,216 | 38.5 | 33.1 | - | 44.2 | 61.5 | 55.8 | - | 66.9 | ||||
Income | |||||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 3,687** | 41.9 | 35.5 | - | 48.7 | 58.1 | 51.3 | - | 64.6 | ||||
$15,000-24,999 | 1,803** | 48.8 | 39.7 | - | 57.9 | 51.2 | 42.1 | - | 60.3 | ||||
$25,000-49,999 | 3,092** | 65.1 | 58.4 | - | 71.3 | 34.9 | 28.7 | - | 41.6 | ||||
$50,000 or more | 4,691** | 79.9 | 75.1 | - | 84.0 | 20.1 | 16.1 | - | 24.9 | ||||
Enrolled in WIC | |||||||||||||
No | 8,233** | 70.8 | 66.8 | - | 74.4 | 29.2 | 25.6 | - | 33.2 | ||||
Yes | 4,956** | 47.1 | 41.4 | - | 52.9 | 52.9 | 47.1 | - | 58.6 | ||||
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | |||||||||||||
No | 7,110** | 76.9 | 72.9 | - | 80.4 | 23.1 | 19.6 | - | 27.1 | ||||
Yes | 6,163** | 43.9 | 38.9 | - | 49.1 | 56.1 | 51.0 | - | 61.1 | ||||
Infant's birth weight | |||||||||||||
<2500 grams | 966 | 62.2 | 58.8 | - | 65.5 | 37.8 | 34.5 | - | 41.2 | ||||
2500 grams or more | 13,184 | 61.5 | 57.9 | - | 64.9 | 38.5 | 35.1 | - | 42.1 | ||||
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. | |||||||||||||
*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 2006 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 | |||||||||||||