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Barriers to Breast Feeding- Too Many Household Duties
2003 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,851 84.9 78.9 - 89.4 15.1 10.6 - 21.1
Age                    
<20 years 1,141 87.0 61.7 - 96.5 13.0 3.5 - 38.3
20-24 years 3,389 87.1 75.3 - 93.7 12.9 6.3 - 24.7
25-34 years 7,370 83.5 74.8 - 89.6 16.5 10.4 - 25.2
35+ years 1,950 81.3 49.6 - 95.1 18.7 5.0 - 50.4
Mother's Race                  
White 13,330 85.0 78.9 - 89.6 15.0 10.4 - 21.1
Black 182 # # - # # # - #
Other 309 # # - # # # - #
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 166^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,666 84.7 78.6 - 89.3 15.3 10.7 - 21.4
Education                  
< High School 1,467 84.6 66.6 - 93.8 15.4 6.2 - 33.4
High School 4,756 84.2 74.7 - 90.5 15.8 9.5 - 25.3
> High School 7,491 85.3 74.9 - 91.8 14.7 8.2 - 25.1
Marital Status                  
Married 9,210 87.9 79.9 - 93.0 12.1 7.0 - 20.2
Other 4,640 81.9 72.1 - 88.8 18.1 11.2 - 27.9
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,480** 82.8 72.3 - 89.9 17.2 10.1 - 27.8
$16,000-24,999 1,753** 82.9 63.2 - 93.2 17.1 6.8 - 36.8
$25,000-39,999 2,262** 88.1 70.7 - 95.8 11.9 4.2 - 29.3
$40,000 or more 5,227** 85.7 72.2 - 93.3 14.3 6.7 - 27.8
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,691** 81.2 71.5 - 88.1 18.8 11.9 - 28.5
Yes 4,493** 88.2 79.9 - 93.4 11.8 6.6 - 20.1
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,586** 90.4 81.7 - 95.2 9.7 4.8 - 18.3
Yes 5,658** 81.6 73.0 - 87.9 18.4 12.1 - 27.0
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 904 88.5 83.1 - 92.4 11.5 7.6 - 16.9
2500 grams or more 12,940 84.7 78.2 - 89.5 15.3 10.5 - 21.8
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? Too many household duties
^ 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