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Did Mother/Husband/Partner Go to Jail?*    
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,604 96.9 95.8 - 98.0 3.1 2.0 - 4.2
Age                    
<20 years 1,322 93.8 89.1 - 98.4 6.2 1.6 - 10.9
20-24 years 3,313 93.8 90.6 - 97.0 6.2 3.0 - 9.4
25-34 years 7,236 98.1 96.9 - 99.3 1.9 0.7 - 3.1
35+ years 1,733 99.8 99.6 - 100.0 0.2 0.0 - 0.4
Mother's Race                  
White 13,198 96.9 95.8 - 98.0 3.1 2.0 - 4.2
Black 105 # # - # # # - #
Other 270 99.1 97.8 - 100.0 0.9 0.0 - 2.2
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 134^ # # - # # # - #
No 12,771^ 96.7 95.5 - 97.9 3.3 2.1 - 4.5
Education                  
< High School 1,474 90.6 85.1 - 96.1 9.4 3.9 - 14.9
High School 5,093 96.6 94.8 - 98.5 3.4 1.5 - 5.2
>High School 6,936 98.5 97.4 - 99.6 1.5 0.4 - 2.6
Marital Status                  
Married 9,354 99.0 98.2 - 99.7 1.0 0.3 - 1.8
Other 4,250 92.2 89.1 - 95.3 7.8 4.7 - 10.9
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,593** 92.5 89.3 - 95.7 7.5 4.3 - 10.7
$16,000-24,999 1,786** 96.6 93.4 - 99.7 3.5 0.3 - 6.6
$25,000-39,999 2,670** 99.2 98.0 - 100.0 0.8 0.0 - 2.0
$40,000 or more 4,684** 99.3 98.3 - 100.0 0.7 0.0 - 1.7
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,842** 99.1 98.3 - 99.8 1.0 0.2 - 1.7
Yes 4,153** 92.2 89.1 - 95.2 7.9 4.8 - 10.9
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,545** 99.2 98.5 - 99.9 0.8 0.1 - 1.5
Yes 4,476** 92.5 89.6 - 95.3 7.5 4.7 - 10.4
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 822 94.3 92.6 - 95.9 5.7 4.1 - 7.4
2500 grams or more 12,776 97.0 95.9 - 98.2 3.0 1.8 - 4.1
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. k. You or your husband or partner went to jail
** 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