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Barriers to Breast Feeding- Embarrased
2003 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,851 84.0 77.7 - 88.8 16.0 11.2 - 22.3
Age                    
<20 years 1,141 88.4 66.7 - 96.7 11.6 3.3 - 33.3
20-24 years 3,389 78.6 65.0 - 87.9 21.4 12.1 - 35.0
25-34 years 7,370 83.9 74.8 - 90.1 16.2 9.9 - 25.2
35+ years 1,950 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Mother's Race                  
White 13,330 84.2 77.8 - 89.0 15.9 11.0 - 22.2
Black 182 # # - # # # - #
Other 309 # # - # # # - #
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 166^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,666 83.8 77.4 - 88.6 16.3 11.4 - 22.6
Education                  
< High School 1,467 75.7 57.5 - 87.8 24.3 12.2 - 42.5
High School 4,756 84.2 74.6 - 90.7 15.8 9.3 - 25.4
> High School 7,491 88.6 78.8 - 94.2 11.4 5.8 - 21.2
Marital Status                  
Married 9,210 88.7 80.8 - 93.6 11.3 6.4 - 19.2
Other 4,640 79.3 68.9 - 86.9 20.7 13.1 - 31.1
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,480** 78.5 67.3 - 86.6 21.6 13.4 - 32.7
$16,000-24,999 1,753** 84.1 62.4 - 94.4 15.9 5.6 - 37.6
$25,000-39,999 2,262** 86.3 70.3 - 94.4 13.7 5.6 - 29.7
$40,000 or more 5,227** 92.9 80.6 - 97.6 7.1 2.4 - 19.4
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,691** 80.1 70.1 - 87.4 19.9 12.6 - 29.9
Yes 4,493** 87.5 78.8 - 92.9 12.5 7.1 - 21.2
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,586** 87.8 77.8 - 93.6 12.2 6.4 - 22.2
Yes 5,658** 81.7 73.0 - 88.1 18.3 11.9 - 27.0
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 904 87.3 81.7 - 91.4 12.7 8.7 - 18.3
2500 grams or more 12,940 83.8 77.1 - 88.8 16.2 11.2 - 22.9
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 47: Did you ever breastfeed or pump breast milk to feed your new baby after delivery?
If No, Survey Question 48: What were your reasons for not breastfeeding your new baby? I was embarrassed to breastfeed
** 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 2003 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