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Did Mother Initiate Breastfeeding?*
2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,590 24.4 21.5 - 27.3 75.6 72.7 - 78.5
Age                    
<20 years 1,272 27.5 17.2 - 37.9 72.5 62.1 - 82.8
20-24 years 3,351 34.1 27.5 - 40.7 65.9 59.3 - 72.5
25-34 years 7,088 21.4 17.6 - 25.2 78.6 74.8 - 82.4
35+ years 1,875 16.6 10.1 - 23.1 83.4 76.9 - 89.9
Mother's Race                  
White 13,144 23.8 20.9 - 26.7 76.2 73.3 - 79.1
Black 122 # # - # # # - #
Other 308 52.5 30.5 - 74.5 47.5 25.5 - 69.5
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 138^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,441^ 24.7 21.8 - 27.7 75.3 72.3 - 78.2
Education                  
< High School 1,471 43.5 33.0 - 54.0 56.5 46.0 - 67.0
High School 4,894 32.0 26.8 - 37.1 68.0 62.9 - 73.2
> High School 7,065 14.1 11.0 - 17.2 85.9 82.8 - 89.0
Marital Status                  
Married 9,398 20.4 17.2 - 23.6 79.6 76.4 - 82.8
Other 4,192 33.8 27.8 - 39.8 66.2 60.2 - 72.2
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,654** 38.0 31.6 - 44.4 62.0 55.6 - 68.4
$16,000-24,999 1,459** 18.7 11.1 - 26.4 81.3 73.6 - 88.9
$25,000-39,999 2,620** 22.2 16.0 - 28.4 77.8 71.6 - 84.0
$40,000 or more 4,811** 16.9 12.9 - 20.8 83.1 79.2 - 87.1
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,652** 16.9 13.8 - 19.9 83.1 80.1 - 86.2
Yes 4,275** 39.4 33.6 - 45.3 60.6 54.7 - 66.4
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,054** 17.8 14.6 - 20.9 82.3 79.1 - 85.4
Yes 4,998** 35.2 29.8 - 40.6 64.8 59.4 - 70.2
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 819 30.8 27.4 - 34.2 69.2 65.8 - 72.6
2500 grams or more 12,761 24.1 21.1 - 27.1 75.9 72.9 - 78.9
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 47: Did you ever breastfeed or pump breast milk to feed your new baby after delivery?
** 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