Was Prenatal Care Paid by Personal Income?*
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				No				Yes
Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,604	84.5	82.2	-	86.8	15.5	13.2	-	17.8
Age
	<20 years	1,322	96.3	92.3	-	100.0	3.7	0.0	-	7.7
	20-24 years	3,313	87.4	83.0	-	91.8	12.6	8.2	-	17.0
	25-34 years	7,236	82.2	78.8	-	85.5	17.8	14.5	-	21.2
	35+ years	1,733	79.4	72.1	-	86.7	20.6	13.3	-	27.9
Mother's Race
	White	13,198	84.4	82.0	-	86.7	15.7	13.3	-	18.0
	Black	105	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	270	85.2	67.1	-	103.4	14.8	0.0	-	32.9
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	134^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	12,771^	84.2	81.8	-	86.7	15.8	13.3	-	18.2
Education
	< High School	1,474	93.5	88.6	-	98.3	6.6	1.7	-	11.4
	High School	5,093	87.7	84.3	-	91.2	12.3	8.8	-	15.7
	>High School	6,936	80.0	76.4	-	83.5	20.1	16.5	-	23.6
Marital Status
	Married	9,354	80.5	77.5	-	83.6	19.5	16.4	-	22.5
	Other	4,250	93.2	90.3	-	96.1	6.8	3.9	-	9.7
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,593**	92.3	89.0	-	95.6	7.7	4.4	-	11.0
	$16,000-24,999	1,786**	83.0	76.4	-	89.5	17.1	10.5	-	23.6
	$25,000-39,999	2,670**	79.1	73.4	-	84.8	20.9	15.2	-	26.6
	$40,000 or more	4,684**	82.0	77.9	-	86.0	18.0	14.0	-	22.1
WIC Recipient
	No	8,842**	79.6	76.5	-	82.7	20.4	17.3	-	23.5
	Yes	4,153**	94.7	92.2	-	97.2	5.3	2.8	-	7.8
Medicaid Recipient
	No	8,545**	79.6	76.4	-	82.8	20.4	17.2	-	23.6
	Yes	4,476**	93.9	91.2	-	96.6	6.1	3.4	-	8.8
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	822	89.0	86.9	-	91.1	11.0	8.9	-	13.1
	2500 grams or more	12,776	84.2	81.8	-	86.7	15.8	13.3	-	18.2
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 15: How was your prenatal care paid for? Personal income (cash, check, or credit card)
** 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