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Were Wages a Source of Family Income?*  
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,604 8.9 7.1 - 10.7 91.1 89.3 - 92.9
Age                    
<20 years 1,322 18.6 10.6 - 26.5 81.4 73.5 - 89.4
20-24 years 3,313 17.2 12.2 - 22.1 82.8 77.9 - 87.8
25-34 years 7,236 5.2 3.3 - 7.1 94.8 92.9 - 96.7
35+ years 1,733 1.5 0.0 - 3.4 98.5 96.6 - 100.0
Mother's Race                  
White 13,198 8.4 6.6 - 10.2 91.6 89.8 - 93.4
Black 105 # # - # # # - #
Other 270 34.4 10.7 - 58.2 65.6 41.8 - 89.3
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 134^ # # - # # # - #
No 12,771^ 9.2 7.3 - 11.1 90.8 88.9 - 92.7
Education                  
< High School 1,474 28.8 20.3 - 37.3 71.2 62.7 - 79.7
High School 5,093 9.3 6.3 - 12.2 90.7 87.8 - 93.7
>High School 6,936 4.0 2.3 - 5.8 96.0 94.2 - 97.7
Marital Status                  
Married 9,354 3.3 2.0 - 4.7 96.7 95.3 - 98.0
Other 4,250 21.1 16.4 - 25.7 78.9 74.3 - 83.6
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,593** 27.6 22.2 - 33.0 72.4 67.1 - 77.7
$16,000-24,999 1,786** 1.1 0.0 - 2.8 98.9 97.2 - 100.0
$25,000-39,999 2,670** 2.8 0.6 - 5.1 97.2 94.9 - 99.4
$40,000 or more 4,684** 0.3 0.0 - 1.0 99.7 99.0 - 100.0
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,842** 3.3 1.9 - 4.7 96.7 95.3 - 98.1
Yes 4,153** 20.8 16.3 - 25.3 79.2 74.7 - 83.7
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,545** 1.3 0.4 - 2.1 98.8 97.9 - 99.6
Yes 4,476** 23.5 18.9 - 28.1 76.5 71.9 - 81.1
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 822 16.0 13.4 - 18.5 84.0 81.5 - 86.6
2500 grams or more 12,776 8.5 6.6 - 10.4 91.5 89.6 - 93.4
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?:
Money from a job or business
** 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