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Did Husband/Partner Lose Job?*    
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,604 88.4 86.3 - 90.4 11.6 9.6 - 13.7
Age                    
<20 years 1,322 68.2 58.6 - 77.9 31.8 22.1 - 41.4
20-24 years 3,313 85.1 80.4 - 89.8 14.9 10.2 - 19.6
25-34 years 7,236 93.0 90.8 - 95.2 7.0 4.8 - 9.2
35+ years 1,733 90.6 85.3 - 95.8 9.4 4.2 - 14.7
Mother's Race                  
White 13,198 88.4 86.3 - 90.5 11.6 9.5 - 13.7
Black 105 # # - # # # - #
Other 270 91.1 76.6 - 100.0 8.9 0.0 - 23.4
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 134^ # # - # # # - #
No 12,771^ 88.1 85.9 - 90.2 12.0 9.8 - 14.1
Education                  
< High School 1,474 74.3 66.0 - 82.7 25.7 17.3 - 34.0
High School 5,093 86.6 83.1 - 90.2 13.4 9.8 - 16.9
>High School 6,936 92.9 90.6 - 95.2 7.1 4.8 - 9.4
Marital Status                  
Married 9,354 91.9 89.8 - 94.0 8.1 6.0 - 10.2
Other 4,250 80.5 75.9 - 85.1 19.5 14.9 - 24.1
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,593** 76.9 71.8 - 82.1 23.1 17.9 - 28.2
$16,000-24,999 1,786** 88.5 82.9 - 94.0 11.6 6.0 - 17.1
$25,000-39,999 2,670** 91.3 87.3 - 95.3 8.7 4.7 - 12.7
$40,000 or more 4,684** 96.3 94.3 - 98.3 3.7 1.7 - 5.7
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,842** 93.7 91.8 - 95.6 6.3 4.4 - 8.2
Yes 4,153** 76.8 72.0 - 81.6 23.2 18.4 - 28.0
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,545** 94.3 92.5 - 96.2 5.7 3.8 - 7.5
Yes 4,476** 77.0 72.4 - 81.6 23.0 18.4 - 27.6
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 822 87.9 85.6 - 90.3 12.1 9.7 - 14.4
2500 grams or more 12,776 88.4 86.2 - 90.6 11.6 9.4 - 13.8
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. e. Your husband or partner lost his job
** 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