Did Mother Initiate Breastfeeding?*
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				No				Yes
Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,604	28.0	25.1	-	31.0	72.0	69.0	-	74.9
Age
	<20 years	1,322	43.4	33.1	-	53.7	56.6	46.3	-	66.9
	20-24 years	3,313	41.1	34.5	-	47.6	58.9	52.4	-	65.5
	25-34 years	7,236	23.8	20.0	-	27.6	76.2	72.4	-	80.0
	35+ years	1,733	9.8	4.4	-	15.1	90.2	84.9	-	95.6
Mother's Race
	White	13,198	28.0	25.0	-	30.9	72.0	69.1	-	75.0
	Black	105	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	270	24.8	2.2	-	47.4	75.2	52.6	-	97.8
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	134^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	12,771^	27.3	24.3	-	30.3	72.7	69.7	-	75.7
Education
	< High School	1,474	59.1	49.5	-	68.7	40.9	31.3	-	50.5
	High School	5,093	33.1	28.1	-	38.1	66.9	61.9	-	71.9
	>High School	6,936	17.3	13.9	-	20.7	82.7	79.3	-	86.1
Marital Status
	Married	9,354	22.6	19.3	-	25.9	77.4	74.1	-	80.7
	Other	4,250	40.4	34.6	-	46.1	59.6	53.9	-	65.4
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,593**	43.8	37.6	-	50.0	56.2	50.0	-	62.4
	$16,000-24,999	1,786**	39.0	30.3	-	47.7	61.0	52.3	-	69.7
	$25,000-39,999	2,670**	21.0	15.2	-	26.9	79.0	73.1	-	84.8
	$40,000 or more	4,684**	16.2	12.2	-	20.1	83.8	79.9	-	87.8
WIC Recipient
	No	8,842**	21.4	18.2	-	24.6	78.6	75.4	-	81.8
	Yes	4,153**	42.6	36.9	-	48.3	57.4	51.7	-	63.1
Medicaid Recipient
	No	8,545**	20.2	17.0	-	23.4	79.8	76.6	-	83.0
	Yes	4,476**	43.4	37.9	-	49.0	56.6	51.0	-	62.1
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	822	31.7	28.3	-	35.1	68.3	64.9	-	71.7
	2500 grams or more	12,776	27.9	24.8	-	30.9	72.2	69.1	-	75.2
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 42: For how many weeks did you breast-feed your new baby?
** 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 1999 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