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Was Mother Homeless?*
2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,590 96.8 95.6 - 98.0 3.2 2.0 - 4.4
Age                    
<20 years 1,272 92.8 87.3 - 98.3 7.2 1.7 - 12.7
20-24 years 3,351 94.7 91.6 - 97.8 5.3 2.2 - 8.4
25-34 years 7,088 98.0 96.6 - 99.3 2.0 0.7 - 3.4
35+ years 1,875 98.7 96.4 - 100.0 1.3 0.0 - 3.6
Mother's Race                  
White 13,144 96.7 95.5 - 98.0 3.3 2.0 - 4.5
Black 122 # # - # # # - #
Other 308 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 138^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,441^ 96.9 95.7 - 98.1 3.1 1.9 - 4.3
Education                  
< High School 1,471 96.5 92.8 - 100.0 3.5 0.0 - 7.2
High School 4,894 94.1 91.5 - 96.7 5.9 3.3 - 8.5
>High School 7,065 98.8 97.8 - 99.9 1.2 0.1 - 2.2
Marital Status                  
Married 9,368 98.8 97.9 - 99.7 1.2 0.3 - 2.1
Other 4,192 92.2 88.9 - 95.5 7.8 4.5 - 11.1
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,654** 91.6 88.1 - 95.2 8.4 4.8 - 11.9
$16,000-24,999 1,459** 94.9 90.4 - 99.4 5.1 0.6 - 9.6
$25,000-39,999 2,620** 99.3 98.0 - 100.0 0.7 0.0 - 2.0
$40,000 or more 4,811** 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,652** 98.1 97.0 - 99.3 1.9 0.7 - 3.0
Yes 4,275** 94.0 91.2 - 96.8 6.0 3.2 - 8.8
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 8,054** 99.5 98.9 - 100.0 0.5 0.0 - 1.1
Yes 4,998** 92.4 89.5 - 95.3 7.6 4.7 - 10.5
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 819 95.6 94.1 - 97.1 4.4 2.9 - 5.9
2500 grams or more 12,761 96.9 95.6 - 98.1 3.1 1.9 - 4.4
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 33: This question is about (stressful) things that may have happened during the 12 months before your
new baby was born. 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 2000 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