Was Mother Homeless?*
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				No				Yes
Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,604	97.7	96.8	-	98.7	2.3	1.3	-	3.2
Age
	<20 years	1,322	95.7	91.6	-	99.8	4.3	0.2	-	8.4
	20-24 years	3,313	95.1	92.2	-	98.0	4.9	2.0	-	7.8
	25-34 years	7,236	98.7	97.7	-	99.7	1.3	0.3	-	2.3
	35+ years	1,733	100.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0
Mother's Race
	White	13,198	98.1	97.2	-	99.0	1.9	1.0	-	2.8
	Black	105	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	270	92.0	77.6	-	100.0	8.0	0.0	-	22.4
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	134^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	12,771^	97.7	96.7	-	98.7	2.3	1.3	-	3.3
Education
	< High School	1,474	93.2	88.4	-	98.0	6.8	2.0	-	11.6
	High School	5,093	96.6	94.6	-	98.5	3.5	1.5	-	5.4
	>High School	6,936	99.7	99.2	-	100.0	0.3	0.0	-	0.8
Marital Status
	Married	9,354	99.8	99.4	-	100.0	0.2	0.0	-	0.6
	Other	4,250	93.3	90.3	-	96.2	6.8	3.8	-	9.7
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,593**	92.3	88.9	-	95.6	7.7	4.4	-	11.1
	$16,000-24,999	1,786**	99.9	99.8	-	100.0	0.1	0.0	-	0.2
	$25,000-39,999	2,670**	99.4	98.3	-	100.0	0.6	0.0	-	1.7
	$40,000 or more	4,684**	100.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0
WIC Recipient
	No	8,842**	98.7	97.8	-	99.6	1.3	0.4	-	2.2
	Yes	4,153**	95.6	93.3	-	97.9	4.4	2.1	-	6.7
Medicaid Recipient
	No	8,545**	100.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0
	Yes	4,476**	93.4	90.6	-	96.1	6.6	3.9	-	9.4
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	822	97.3	96.1	-	98.5	2.7	1.5	-	3.9
	2500 grams or more	12,776	97.8	96.8	-	98.8	2.2	1.2	-	3.2
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 30: This question is about (stressful) things that may have happened during the 12 months before you
	delivered your new baby.		d. You were homeless
** 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