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Did Mother Receive Counseling on Physical Abuse?*  
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,604 66.5 63.4 - 69.5 33.5 30.5 - 36.6
Age                    
<20 years 1,322 53.7 43.4 - 63.9 46.3 36.1 - 56.6
20-24 years 3,313 56.1 49.6 - 62.7 43.9 37.3 - 50.4
25-34 years 7,236 70.1 66.1 - 74.1 29.9 25.9 - 33.9
35+ years 1,733 81.8 74.7 - 88.9 18.2 11.1 - 25.3
Mother's Race                  
White 13,198 66.6 63.5 - 69.7 33.4 30.3 - 36.5
Black 105 # # - # # # - #
Other 270 61.9 36.8 - 87.0 38.1 13.0 - 63.2
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 134^ # # - # # # - #
No 12,771^ 66.7 63.6 - 69.9 33.3 30.1 - 36.4
Education                  
< High School 1,474 55.2 45.6 - 64.7 44.8 35.3 - 54.4
High School 5,093 59.7 54.5 - 64.9 40.3 35.1 - 45.5
>High School 6,936 74.4 70.5 - 78.3 25.6 21.7 - 29.5
Marital Status                  
Married 9,354 71.7 68.2 - 75.2 28.3 24.8 - 31.8
Other 4,250 55.3 49.5 - 61.0 44.8 39.0 - 50.5
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,593** 50.8 44.6 - 56.9 49.2 43.1 - 55.4
$16,000-24,999 1,786** 59.8 51.2 - 68.4 40.2 31.6 - 48.8
$25,000-39,999 2,670** 74.5 68.3 - 80.6 25.5 19.4 - 31.7
$40,000 or more 4,684** 76.3 71.7 - 80.9 23.7 19.1 - 28.3
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,842** 72.8 69.3 - 76.3 27.2 23.7 - 30.7
Yes 4,153** 53.4 47.7 - 59.0 46.7 41.0 - 52.3
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,545** 72.8 69.2 - 76.3 27.3 23.7 - 30.8
Yes 4,476** 54.7 49.2 - 60.1 45.3 39.9 - 50.8
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 822 63.2 59.9 - 66.6 36.8 33.4 - 40.1
2500 grams or more 12,776 66.7 63.4 - 69.9 33.3 30.1 - 36.6
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 16: During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you
about any of the things listed below? m. Physical abuse to women by their husbands or partners
** 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