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Barriers to Breast Feeding- Return to Work or School
2003 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,851 71.0 63.9 - 77.2 29.0 22.8 - 36.1
Age                    
<20 years 1,141 65.2 41.7 - 83.1 34.8 16.9 - 58.3
20-24 years 3,389 63.4 49.7 - 75.1 36.7 24.9 - 50.3
25-34 years 7,370 75.1 65.7 - 82.6 24.9 17.4 - 34.3
35+ years 1,950 85.9 58.8 - 96.3 14.1 3.7 - 41.2
Mother's Race                  
White 13,330 71.4 64.3 - 77.6 28.6 22.4 - 35.7
Black 182 # # - # # # - #
Other 309 # # - # # # - #
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 166^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,666 71.6 64.5 - 77.7 28.5 22.3 - 35.6
Education                  
< High School 1,467 71.9 53.5 - 85.0 28.1 15.0 - 46.5
High School 4,756 74.9 64.4 - 83.1 25.1 17.0 - 35.6
> High School 7,491 63.6 51.7 - 74.1 36.4 26.0 - 48.3
Marital Status                  
Married 9,210 75.6 66.5 - 82.9 24.4 17.1 - 33.6
Other 4,640 66.4 55.4 - 75.8 33.6 24.2 - 44.6
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,480** 73.0 61.5 - 82.0 27.1 18.0 - 38.5
$16,000-24,999 1,753** 61.8 42.1 - 78.3 38.2 21.7 - 57.9
$25,000-39,999 2,262** 77.4 60.6 - 88.4 22.6 11.6 - 39.4
$40,000 or more 5,227** 69.1 54.2 - 80.9 30.9 19.2 - 45.8
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,691** 69.1 58.9 - 77.7 30.9 22.3 - 41.1
Yes 4,493** 72.7 62.5 - 81.0 27.3 19.1 - 37.5
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,586** 68.4 57.3 - 77.7 31.6 22.3 - 42.7
Yes 5,658** 72.6 63.2 - 80.3 27.4 19.7 - 36.8
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 904 86.8 81.0 - 91.0 13.3 9.0 - 19.0
2500 grams or more 12,940 70.0 62.5 - 76.5 30.0 23.5 - 37.5
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? Went back to work or school
^ 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