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Did Mom Lose Her Job?*      
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,604 90.9 89.0 - 92.7 9.1 7.3 - 11.0
Age                    
<20 years 1,322 81.4 73.5 - 89.4 18.6 10.6 - 26.5
20-24 years 3,313 83.2 78.3 - 88.1 16.8 11.9 - 21.7
25-34 years 7,236 94.8 92.9 - 96.7 5.2 3.3 - 7.1
35+ years 1,733 95.9 92.4 - 99.4 4.1 0.6 - 7.6
Mother's Race                  
White 13,198 90.9 89.1 - 92.8 9.1 7.2 - 10.9
Black 105 # # - # # # - #
Other 270 91.1 76.6 - 100.0 8.9 0.0 - 23.4
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 134^ # # - # # # - #
No 12,771^ 91.7 89.9 - 93.5 8.3 6.5 - 10.1
Education                  
< High School 1,474 84.7 77.9 - 91.5 15.3 8.5 - 22.1
High School 5,093 87.2 83.7 - 90.7 12.8 9.3 - 16.3
>High School 6,936 95.3 93.5 - 97.2 4.7 2.8 - 6.5
Marital Status                  
Married 9,354 95.5 93.9 - 97.0 4.6 3.0 - 6.1
Other 4,250 80.8 76.2 - 85.3 19.3 14.7 - 23.8
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,593** 81.1 76.3 - 85.9 18.9 14.1 - 23.7
$16,000-24,999 1,786** 88.9 83.5 - 94.4 11.1 5.6 - 16.5
$25,000-39,999 2,670** 93.5 90.1 - 97.0 6.5 3.0 - 9.9
$40,000 or more 4,684** 97.3 95.6 - 99.0 2.7 1.0 - 4.4
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,842** 94.9 93.2 - 96.6 5.1 3.4 - 6.8
Yes 4,153** 82.1 77.7 - 86.5 17.9 13.5 - 22.3
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,545** 96.3 94.8 - 97.8 3.7 2.2 - 5.2
Yes 4,476** 80.4 76.1 - 84.8 19.6 15.2 - 23.9
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 822 87.0 84.5 - 89.4 13.0 10.6 - 15.5
2500 grams or more 12,776 91.1 89.1 - 93.0 8.9 7.0 - 10.9
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. f. You lost your job even though you wanted to go on working
** 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