Did Mother Receive Counseling on Physical Abuse?*
2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%	95% CI			%	95% CI
	Total	13,590	62.7	59.4	-	65.9	37.3	34.1	-	40.6
Age
	<20 years	1,272	47.7	36.2	-	59.2	52.3	40.8	-	63.8
	20-24 years	3,351	53.0	46.1	-	60.0	47.0	40.0	-	53.9
	25-34 years	7,088	65.4	61.1	-	69.7	35.5	31.2	-	39.8
	35+ years	1,875	79.0	71.7	-	86.2	21.0	13.8	-	28.3
Mother's Race
	White	13,144	62.5	59.3	-	65.8	37.5	34.2	-	40.7
	Black	112	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	308	65.5	42.0	-	88.9	34.5	11.1	-	58.0
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	138^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,441^	62.9	59.6	-	66.2	37.1	33.8	-	40.4
Education
	< High School	1,471	42.7	32.2	-	53.3	57.3	46.7	-	67.8
	High School	4,894	57.5	52.0	-	62.9	42.6	37.1	-	48.0
	> High School	7,065	71.5	67.5	-	75.6	28.5	24.4	-	32.5
Marital Status
	Married	9,398	67.4	63.8	-	71.1	32.6	28.9	-	36.2
	Other	4,192	51.6	45.3	-	57.9	48.4	42.1	-	54.7
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,654**	48.7	42.2	-	55.3	51.3	44.7	-	57.8
	$16,000-24,999	1,459**	62.9	53.3	-	72.5	37.1	27.5	-	46.7
	$25,000-39,999	2,620**	65.8	58.9	-	72.8	34.2	27.2	-	41.1
	$40,000 or more	4,811**	72.4	67.7	-	77.1	27.6	22.9	-	32.3
WIC Recipient
	No	8,652**	66.8	63.0	-	70.6	33.2	29.4	-	37.0
	Yes	4,275**	54.3	48.3	-	60.2	45.7	39.8	-	51.7
Medicaid Recipient
	No	8,054**	68.1	64.2	-	71.9	31.9	28.1	-	35.8
	Yes	4,998**	53.8	48.2	-	59.3	46.2	40.7	-	51.8
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	819	65.4	62.1	-	68.8	34.6	31.2	-	37.9
	2500 grams or more	12,761	62.5	59.1	-	65.9	37.5	34.1	-	40.9
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 22:  During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you
	about any of the things listed below?		k. Physical abuse to women by their husbands or partners.
** 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