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Did Mother Move to a New Address?*    
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,604 60.9 57.8 - 64.0 39.1 36.0 - 42.2
Age                    
<20 years 1,322 37.4 27.4 - 47.4 62.6 52.6 - 72.6
20-24 years 3,313 47.3 40.7 - 53.9 52.7 46.1 - 59.3
25-34 years 7,236 67.7 63.6 - 71.7 32.4 28.3 - 36.4
35+ years 1,733 76.0 68.4 - 83.6 24.0 16.4 - 31.6
Mother's Race                  
White 13,198 61.6 58.4 - 64.7 38.4 35.3 - 41.6
Black 105 # # - # # # - #
Other 270 29.0 6.3 - 51.7 71.0 48.3 - 93.7
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 134^ # # - # # # - #
No 12,771^ 61.4 58.2 - 64.6 38.6 35.4 - 41.8
Education                  
< High School 1,474 47.3 37.7 - 56.8 52.7 43.2 - 62.3
High School 5,093 54.8 49.5 - 60.0 45.2 40.0 - 50.5
>High School 6,936 68.9 64.8 - 73.0 31.1 27.0 - 35.2
Marital Status                  
Married 9,354 69.9 66.4 - 73.4 30.1 26.6 - 33.6
Other 4,250 41.0 35.3 - 46.6 59.0 53.4 - 64.7
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,593** 42.2 36.2 - 48.2 57.8 51.8 - 63.8
$16,000-24,999 1,786** 58.3 49.8 - 66.8 41.7 33.2 - 50.2
$25,000-39,999 2,670** 67.3 60.7 - 73.9 32.7 26.1 - 39.3
$40,000 or more 4,684** 73.3 68.6 - 78.0 26.7 22.0 - 31.4
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,842** 69.3 65.7 - 72.9 30.7 27.1 - 34.3
Yes 4,153** 43.0 37.3 - 48.6 57.0 51.4 - 62.7
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,545** 70.3 66.8 - 73.9 29.7 26.1 - 33.2
Yes 4,476** 42.8 37.4 - 48.3 57.2 51.7 - 62.6
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 822 59.1 55.7 - 62.5 40.9 37.5 - 44.3
2500 grams or more 12,776 61.0 57.7 - 64.3 39.0 35.7 - 42.3
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. c. You moved to a new address
** 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