Did Mother Argue More with Husband or Partner?*
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				No				Yes
Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,604	78.3	75.6	-	80.9	21.7	19.1	-	24.4
Age
	<20 years	1,322	51.5	41.1	-	61.8	48.5	38.2	-	58.9
	20-24 years	3,313	69.9	63.9	-	75.9	30.1	24.1	-	36.1
	25-34 years	7,236	84.5	81.4	-	87.7	15.5	12.3	-	18.6
	35+ years	1,733	88.2	82.3	-	94.0	11.8	6.0	-	17.7
Mother's Race
	White	13,198	78.8	76.1	-	81.4	21.3	18.6	-	23.9
	Black	105	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	270	69.9	46.3	-	93.4	30.2	6.6	-	53.7
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	134^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	12,771^	78.6	75.9	-	81.3	21.4	18.7	-	24.1
Education
	< High School	1,474	57.5	48.0	-	67.0	42.5	33.0	-	52.0
	High School	5,093	72.2	67.4	-	76.9	27.9	23.1	-	32.6
	>High School	6,936	87.6	84.7	-	90.6	12.4	9.5	-	15.3
Marital Status
	Married	9,354	85.8	83.1	-	88.5	14.2	11.5	-	16.9
	Other	4,250	61.7	56.1	-	67.3	38.3	32.7	-	43.9
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,593**	63.3	57.4	-	69.1	36.8	30.9	-	42.6
	$16,000-24,999	1,786**	73.7	66.0	-	81.3	26.3	18.7	-	34.0
	$25,000-39,999	2,670**	83.2	77.9	-	88.5	16.8	11.5	-	22.1
	$40,000 or more	4,684**	89.0	85.6	-	92.4	11.0	7.6	-	14.4
WIC Recipient
	No	8,842**	84.6	81.8	-	87.4	15.4	12.6	-	18.2
	Yes	4,153**	64.5	59.0	-	69.9	35.6	30.1	-	41.0
Medicaid Recipient
	No	8,545**	86.3	83.5	-	89.0	13.7	11.0	-	16.5
	Yes	4,476**	62.9	57.6	-	68.2	37.1	31.8	-	42.4
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	822	77.0	74.0	-	79.9	23.0	20.1	-	26.0
	2500 grams or more	12,776	78.4	75.5	-	81.2	21.7	18.8	-	24.5
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 30: This question is about (stressful) things that may have happened during the 12 months before you
	delivered your new baby.		g. You and your husband or partner argued more than usual
** 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