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Was Unemployment 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 97.5 94.5 - 100.0 2.5 0.0 - 5.5
20-24 years 3,313 95.2 92.4 - 97.9 4.9 2.1 - 7.6
25-34 years 7,236 95.7 94.0 - 97.4 4.3 2.6 - 6.0
35+ years 1,733 97.9 95.3 - 100.0 2.1 0.0 - 4.7
Mother's Race                  
White 13,198 95.9 94.7 - 97.2 4.1 2.8 - 5.3
Black 105 # # - # # # - #
Other 270 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 134^ # # - # # # - #
No 12,771^ 96.0 94.7 - 97.3 4.0 2.7 - 5.3
Education                  
< High School 1,474 97.6 94.8 - 100.0 2.4 0.0 - 5.2
High School 5,093 96.2 94.3 - 98.0 3.3 1.4 - 5.1
>High School 6,936 95.1 93.2 - 97.0 4.9 3.0 - 6.8
Marital Status                  
Married 9,354 96.6 95.2 - 97.9 3.4 2.1 - 4.8
Other 4,250 94.8 92.3 - 97.3 5.2 2.7 - 7.7
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,593** 94.9 92.2 - 97.5 5.1 2.5 - 7.8
$16,000-24,999 1,786** 93.5 89.2 - 97.8 6.5 2.2 - 10.8
$25,000-39,999 2,670** 96.1 93.5 - 98.7 3.9 1.3 - 6.5
$40,000 or more 4,684** 97.6 96.0 - 99.2 2.4 0.8 - 4.0
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,842** 96.3 94.8 - 97.7 3.7 2.3 - 5.2
Yes 4,153** 95.4 93.1 - 97.8 4.6 2.2 - 6.9
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,545** 96.0 94.5 - 97.5 4.0 2.5 - 5.5
Yes 4,476** 96.0 93.9 - 98.1 4.0 1.9 - 6.1
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 822 94.7 93.2 - 96.2 5.3 3.8 - 6.8
2500 grams or more 12,776 96.1 94.8 - 97.4 3.9 2.6 - 5.2
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?
Unemployment benefits
** 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