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Birth Control Not Used
Before Pregnancy, Mother Did Not Think She Could Become Pregnant?* |
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| 2001 Maine
Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results |
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Population^ |
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CI |
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Total |
3,439 |
76.5 |
71.0 |
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82.0 |
23.5 |
18.0 |
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29.0 |
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<20 years |
466 |
88.9 |
77.0 |
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100.0 |
11.2 |
0.0 |
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23.0 |
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20-24 years |
1,210 |
75.7 |
66.1 |
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85.3 |
24.3 |
14.7 |
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33.9 |
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25-34 years |
1,466 |
74.4 |
65.8 |
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82.9 |
25.6 |
17.1 |
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34.2 |
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35+ years |
295 |
71.1 |
52.0 |
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90.1 |
28.9 |
9.9 |
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48.0 |
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White |
3,382 |
76.3 |
70.7 |
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81.9 |
23.7 |
18.1 |
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29.3 |
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Black |
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Other |
50 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
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100.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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0.0 |
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| Hispanic Origin |
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Yes |
21 |
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No |
3,396 |
76.2 |
70.7 |
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81.8 |
23.8 |
18.2 |
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29.3 |
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< High School |
628 |
63.4 |
47.0 |
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79.8 |
36.6 |
20.2 |
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53.0 |
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High School |
1,602 |
78.5 |
71.0 |
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86.0 |
21.5 |
14.0 |
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29.0 |
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>High School |
1,162 |
79.9 |
71.5 |
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88.4 |
20.1 |
11.6 |
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28.5 |
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Married |
1,720 |
81.3 |
74.2 |
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88.4 |
18.7 |
11.6 |
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25.8 |
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Other |
1,718 |
71.7 |
63.4 |
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80.1 |
28.3 |
19.9 |
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36.6 |
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$15,999 or less |
1,316 |
75.6 |
66.4 |
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84.7 |
24.4 |
15.3 |
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33.6 |
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$16,000-24,999 |
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73.0 |
60.1 |
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85.9 |
27.0 |
14.1 |
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39.9 |
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$25,000-39,999 |
613 |
73.1 |
59.7 |
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86.6 |
26.9 |
13.4 |
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40.3 |
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$40,000 or more |
687 |
86.7 |
77.1 |
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96.3 |
13.3 |
3.7 |
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22.9 |
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No |
1,589 |
77.3 |
69.4 |
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85.1 |
22.7 |
14.9 |
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30.6 |
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Yes |
1,835 |
76.5 |
68.8 |
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84.1 |
23.5 |
15.9 |
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31.2 |
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MaineCare/Medicaid |
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No |
1,386 |
79.5 |
71.6 |
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87.4 |
20.5 |
12.6 |
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28.4 |
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Yes |
2,053 |
74.5 |
67.0 |
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82.0 |
25.5 |
18.0 |
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33.0 |
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weight |
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<2500 grams |
191 |
73.3 |
67.2 |
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79.4 |
26.7 |
20.6 |
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32.8 |
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2500 grams or more |
3,246 |
76.7 |
70.8 |
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82.5 |
23.3 |
17.5 |
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29.2 |
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| ^ Population
size for groups in this table are estimates from PRAMS based on weighted
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for women reporting that they didn't use birth
control before pregnancy. |
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Question 13: What were your or your
husband's or partner's reasons for not doing anything |
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to keep from getting pregnant? |
I thought I could not get pregnant at that time |
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There were fewer than 10 survey respondents to this question. Data may be unreliable for describing this
group, therefore |
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percent is not reported. |
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| CI = 95%
Confidence Interval |
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