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Was Social Security, etc. a Source of Family Income?*  
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,604 96.0 94.8 - 97.2 4.0 2.8 - 5.2
Age                    
<20 years 1,322 92.3 86.8 - 97.8 7.7 2.2 - 13.2
20-24 years 3,313 96.4 94.1 - 98.8 3.6 1.2 - 5.9
25-34 years 7,236 96.6 95.1 - 98.2 3.4 1.8 - 4.9
35+ years 1,733 95.4 91.8 - 99.0 4.6 1.0 - 8.2
Mother's Race                  
White 13,198 96.0 94.8 - 97.3 4.0 2.7 - 5.2
Black 105 # # - # # # - #
Other 270 92.6 79.2 - 100.0 7.4 0.0 - 20.8
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 134^ # # - # # # - #
No 12,771^ 96.4 95.2 - 97.6 3.6 2.4 - 4.8
Education                  
< High School 1,474 88.5 82.5 - 94.5 11.5 5.5 - 17.5
High School 5,093 96.5 94.6 - 98.3 3.5 1.7 - 5.4
>High School 6,936 97.4 95.9 - 98.8 2.6 1.2 - 4.1
Marital Status                  
Married 9,354 96.9 95.5 - 98.2 3.1 1.8 - 4.5
Other 4,250 94.1 91.4 - 96.7 5.9 3.3 - 8.6
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,593** 92.6 89.5 - 95.8 7.4 4.2 - 10.5
$16,000-24,999 1,786** 95.6 92.4 - 98.8 4.4 1.2 - 7.6
$25,000-39,999 2,670** 95.2 92.3 - 98.2 4.8 1.8 - 7.7
$40,000 or more 4,684** 98.9 97.8 - 100.0 1.1 0.0 - 2.2
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,842** 98.2 97.1 - 99.2 1.9 0.8 - 2.9
Yes 4,153** 91.4 88.3 - 94.5 8.6 5.5 - 11.7
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,545** 97.7 96.5 - 98.9 2.3 1.1 - 3.5
Yes 4,476** 92.7 90.0 - 95.5 7.3 4.5 - 10.0
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 822 91.6 89.7 - 93.5 8.4 6.5 - 10.3
2500 grams or more 12,776 96.3 95.0 - 97.5 3.8 2.5 - 5.0
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 : What are the sources of your family income during the past 12 months?
Social security, workers' compensation, veteran benefits, or pensions
** 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