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Barriers to Breast Feeding- Wanted Body Back to Myself
2003 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,851 84.3 78.1 - 88.9 15.8 11.1 - 21.9
Age                    
<20 years 1,141 85.9 61.7 - 95.8 14.1 4.2 - 38.3
20-24 years 3,389 92.3 80.9 - 97.1 7.7 2.9 - 19.2
25-34 years 7,370 76.6 66.9 - 84.1 23.4 15.9 - 33.1
35+ years 1,950 99.3 97.0 - 99.8 0.7 0.2 - 3.0
Mother's Race                  
White 13,330 84.9 78.7 - 89.6 15.1 10.5 - 21.3
Black 182 # # - # # # - #
Other 309 # # - # # # - #
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 166^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,666 84.5 78.3 - 89.2 15.5 10.8 - 21.7
Education                  
< High School 1,467 84.2 66.5 - 93.5 15.8 6.5 - 33.6
High School 4,756 83.7 74.0 - 90.3 16.3 9.7 - 26.0
> High School 7,491 84.1 73.4 - 91.0 15.9 9.0 - 26.6
Marital Status                  
Married 9,210 87.9 79.9 - 93.0 12.1 7.0 - 20.2
Other 4,640 80.6 70.5 - 87.8 19.4 12.2 - 29.5
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,480** 79.6 68.6 - 87.4 20.4 12.6 - 31.4
$16,000-24,999 1,753** 87.0 66.7 - 95.7 13.0 4.3 - 33.3
$25,000-39,999 2,262** 90.9 75.8 - 96.9 9.1 3.1 - 24.2
$40,000 or more 5,227** 90.2 77.7 - 96.1 9.8 3.9 - 22.3
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,691** 82.0 72.5 - 88.7 18.0 11.3 - 27.5
Yes 4,493** 86.2 77.3 - 92.0 13.8 8.0 - 22.7
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,586** 85.9 75.7 - 92.3 14.1 7.7 - 24.3
Yes 5,658** 83.2 74.9 - 89.2 16.8 10.8 - 25.1
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 904 90.6 85.5 - 94.1 9.4 5.9 - 14.5
2500 grams or more 12,940 83.8 77.3 - 88.8 16.2 11.2 - 22.8
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? Wanted body to self
^ 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