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Was Something Else a Source of Family Income?*  
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,604 95.2 93.8 - 96.6 4.8 3.4 - 6.2
Age                    
<20 years 1,322 92.2 86.7 - 97.7 7.8 2.3 - 13.3
20-24 years 3,313 97.9 96.0 - 99.7 2.2 0.3 - 4.0
25-34 years 7,236 94.4 92.4 - 96.4 5.6 3.6 - 7.6
35+ years 1,733 95.9 92.3 - 99.5 4.1 0.5 - 7.7
Mother's Race                  
White 13,198 95.4 94.1 - 96.8 4.6 3.2 - 5.9
Black 105 # # - # # # - #
Other 270 86.5 69.5 - 100.0 13.5 0.0 - 30.5
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 134^ # # - # # # - #
No 12,771^ 95.1 93.7 - 96.6 4.9 3.4 - 6.3
Education                  
< High School 1,474 95.2 91.2 - 99.1 4.8 0.9 - 8.8
High School 5,093 96.2 94.2 - 98.2 3.8 1.8 - 5.8
>High School 6,936 94.4 92.3 - 96.5 5.6 3.5 - 7.7
Marital Status                  
Married 9,354 95.4 93.8 - 97.0 4.6 3.0 - 6.2
Other 4,250 94.8 92.3 - 97.3 5.2 2.7 - 7.7
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,593** 93.6 90.7 - 96.6 6.4 3.4 - 9.3
$16,000-24,999 1,786** 97.4 94.6 - 100.0 2.7 0.0 - 5.4
$25,000-39,999 2,670** 93.8 90.4 - 97.2 6.2 2.8 - 9.7
$40,000 or more 4,684** 96.5 94.5 - 98.4 3.5 1.6 - 5.5
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,842** 95.9 94.4 - 97.5 4.1 2.5 - 5.6
Yes 4,153** 93.9 91.2 - 96.6 6.1 3.4 - 8.8
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,545** 95.8 94.2 - 97.4 4.2 2.6 - 5.8
Yes 4,476** 94.0 91.4 - 96.6 6.0 3.4 - 8.6
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 822 95.2 93.7 - 96.6 4.8 3.4 - 6.3
2500 grams or more 12,776 95.2 93.8 - 96.7 4.8 3.3 - 6.2
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 50: What are the sources of your family income during the past 12 months?
Other
** 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