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Was Child Support/Alimony a Source of Family Income?*  
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,604 91.7 89.9 - 93.5 8.3 6.5 - 10.1
Age                    
<20 years 1,322 93.6 88.5 - 98.6 6.5 1.4 - 11.5
20-24 years 3,313 90.9 87.1 - 94.8 9.1 5.2 - 12.9
25-34 years 7,236 91.2 88.7 - 93.7 8.8 6.3 - 11.3
35+ years 1,733 93.4 89.0 - 97.7 6.7 2.3 - 11.0
Mother's Race                  
White 13,198 91.6 89.8 - 93.4 8.4 6.6 - 10.2
Black 105 # # - # # # - #
Other 270 92.6 79.2 - 100.0 7.4 0.0 - 20.8
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 134^ # # - # # # - #
No 12,771^ 91.9 90.1 - 93.8 8.1 6.2 - 9.9
Education                  
< High School 1,474 91.2 85.8 - 96.6 8.8 3.4 - 14.2
High School 5,093 89.1 85.8 - 92.4 10.9 7.6 - 14.2
>High School 6,936 93.7 91.5 - 95.9 6.3 4.1 - 8.5
Marital Status                  
Married 9,354 94.6 92.8 - 96.4 5.4 3.6 - 7.2
Other 4,250 85.3 81.2 - 89.3 14.8 10.7 - 18.8
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,593** 87.4 83.3 - 91.4 12.7 8.6 - 16.7
$16,000-24,999 1,786** 88.7 83.2 - 94.3 11.3 5.7 - 16.8
$25,000-39,999 2,670** 93.1 89.5 - 96.7 6.9 3.3 - 10.5
$40,000 or more 4,684** 95.5 93.2 - 97.7 4.6 2.3 - 6.8
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,842** 92.4 90.3 - 94.5 7.6 5.5 - 9.7
Yes 4,153** 90.0 86.6 - 93.4 10.0 6.6 - 13.4
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,545** 93.5 91.5 - 95.5 6.5 4.5 - 8.5
Yes 4,476** 88.2 84.6 - 91.7 11.8 8.3 - 15.4
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 822 93.3 91.5 - 95.0 6.8 5.0 - 8.5
2500 grams or more 12,776 91.6 89.7 - 93.5 8.4 6.5 - 10.3
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 50: What are the sources of your family income during the past 12 months?
Child support or alimony
** 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