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Were Fees a Source of Family Income?*    
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,604 92.7 91.0 - 94.4 7.3 5.6 - 9.0
Age                    
<20 years 1,322 98.8 96.5 - 100.0 1.2 0.0 - 3.5
20-24 years 3,313 98.6 97.1 - 100.1 1.4 0.0 - 2.9
25-34 years 7,236 90.9 88.4 - 93.4 9.1 6.6 - 11.6
35+ years 1,733 84.6 78.0 - 100.0 15.4 8.9 - 22.0
Mother's Race                  
White 13,198 92.5 90.8 - 94.2 7.5 5.8 - 9.2
Black 105 # # - # # # - #
Other 270 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 134^ # # - # # # - #
No 12,771^ 92.5 90.7 - 94.2 7.6 5.8 - 9.3
Education                  
< High School 1,474 98.9 96.9 - 100.0 1.1 0.0 - 3.1
High School 5,093 96.4 94.4 - 98.4 3.6 1.6 - 5.6
>High School 6,936 88.4 85.6 - 91.3 11.6 8.7 - 14.4
Marital Status                  
Married 9,354 89.7 87.4 - 92.1 10.3 7.9 - 12.6
Other 4,250 99.2 98.1 - 100.0 0.8 0.0 - 1.9
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,593** 99.1 97.9 - 100.0 0.9 0.0 - 2.1
$16,000-24,999 1,786** 96.7 93.6 - 99.8 3.3 0.2 - 6.4
$25,000-39,999 2,670** 92.2 88.3 - 96.1 7.8 3.9 - 11.7
$40,000 or more 4,684** 86.1 82.4 - 89.7 13.9 10.3 - 17.6
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,842** 89.8 87.4 - 92.1 10.2 7.9 - 12.6
Yes 4,153** 98.9 97.7 - 100.0 1.1 0.0 - 2.3
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,545** 89.2 86.8 - 91.7 10.8 8.3 - 13.2
Yes 4,476** 99.3 98.3 - 100.0 0.7 0.0 - 1.7
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 822 97.4 96.3 - 98.4 2.6 1.6 - 3.7
2500 grams or more 12,776 92.4 90.7 - 94.2 7.6 5.8 - 9.3
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?
Fees, rental income, commissions, interest, dividends
** 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