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Was Mother On WIC During Pregnancy?* |
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2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey
Results |
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No |
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Yes |
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Groups |
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Population |
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CI |
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CI |
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Total |
13,590 |
66.9 |
63.8 |
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70.1 |
33.1 |
29.9 |
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36.2 |
Age |
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<20 years |
1,272 |
27.4 |
17.3 |
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37.6 |
72.6 |
62.4 |
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82.7 |
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20-24 years |
3,351 |
40.0 |
33.3 |
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46.6 |
60.0 |
53.4 |
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66.7 |
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25-34 years |
7,088 |
80.6 |
77.0 |
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84.2 |
19.4 |
15.8 |
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23.0 |
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35+ years |
1,875 |
88.5 |
82.9 |
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94.1 |
11.5 |
5.9 |
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17.1 |
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Mother's
Race |
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White |
13,144 |
68.0 |
64.8 |
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71.1 |
32.0 |
28.9 |
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35.2 |
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Black |
112 |
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Other |
308 |
31.7 |
11.5 |
- |
51.8 |
68.4 |
48.2 |
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88.5 |
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Hispanic
Origin |
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Yes |
138^ |
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No |
13,441^ |
67.3 |
64.1 |
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70.4 |
32.7 |
29.6 |
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35.9 |
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Education |
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< High School |
1,471 |
30.2 |
20.5 |
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39.8 |
69.8 |
60.2 |
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79.5 |
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High School |
4,894 |
54.3 |
48.8 |
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59.8 |
45.7 |
40.2 |
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51.2 |
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> High School |
7,065 |
85.2 |
82.0 |
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88.4 |
14.8 |
11.6 |
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18.0 |
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Marital
Status |
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Married |
9,398 |
81.2 |
78.1 |
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84.3 |
18.8 |
15.7 |
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21.9 |
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Other |
4,192 |
33.6 |
27.8 |
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39.5 |
66.4 |
60.5 |
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72.2 |
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Income |
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$15,999 or less |
3,654** |
28.2 |
22.4 |
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34.0 |
71.8 |
66.0 |
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77.6 |
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$16,000-24,999 |
1,459** |
51.1 |
41.3 |
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60.9 |
48.9 |
39.1 |
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58.7 |
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$25,000-39,999 |
2,620** |
74.6 |
68.2 |
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81.0 |
25.4 |
19.0 |
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31.8 |
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$40,000 or more |
4,811** |
96.6 |
94.5 |
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98.6 |
3.4 |
1.4 |
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5.5 |
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WIC
Recipient |
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No |
8,652** |
100.0 |
100.0 |
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100.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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0.0 |
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Yes |
4,275** |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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0.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
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100.0 |
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Medicaid
Recipient |
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No |
8,054** |
91.7 |
89.4 |
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94.0 |
8.3 |
6.0 |
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10.6 |
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Yes |
4,998** |
27.2 |
22.3 |
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32.1 |
72.8 |
67.9 |
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77.7 |
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Infant's
birth weight |
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<2500 grams |
819 |
60.0 |
56.6 |
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63.4 |
40.0 |
36.6 |
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43.4 |
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2500 grams or more |
12,761 |
67.3 |
64.0 |
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70.6 |
32.7 |
29.4 |
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36.0 |
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NOTES: |
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Population
size for groups giving birth in Maine are taken from the Maine Vital
Statistics System unless otherwise noted. |
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Unknowns are excluded from all
tabulations. |
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*Survey
Question 23: During your
pregnancy, were you on WIC? |
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**
Estimates of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are
made through PRAMS. |
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^ Estimate
of Hispanic population giving birth in Maine is taken from the 2000 birth
file. |
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#
There were fewer than 10 survey respondents to this question. Data may be unreliable for
describing this group, therefore |
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percent is not reported. |
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CI = 95%
Confidence Interval |
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