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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 | |||||||||||