Did Mother Have Trouble Paying Bills?*
2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,590	69.3	66.1	-	72.3	30.7	27.7	-	33.9
Age
	<20 years	1,272	62.0	50.5	-	72.4	38.0	27.6	-	49.6
	20-24 years	3,351	53.4	46.5	-	60.2	46.6	39.8	-	53.5
	25-34 years	7,088	74.5	70.3	-	78.2	25.5	21.8	-	29.7
	35+ years	1,875	82.0	74.3	-	87.8	18.0	12.2	-	25.7
Mother's Race
	White	13,144	69.3	66.1	-	72.4	30.7	27.6	-	33.9
	Black	122	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	308	64.5	41.2	-	82.5	35.5	17.5	-	58.8
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	138^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,441^	69.0	65.8	-	72.1	31.0	27.9	-	34.2
Education
	< High School	1,471	51.7	41.2	-	62.1	48.3	37.9	-	58.8
	High School	4,894	60.2	54.7	-	65.5	39.8	34.5	-	45.3
	> High School	7,065	80.2	76.3	-	83.5	19.8	16.5	-	23.7
Marital Status
	Married	9,368	76.6	73.1	-	79.8	23.4	20.2	-	26.9
	Other	4,192	52.6	46.3	-	58.7	47.5	41.3	-	53.7
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,654**	45.7	39.3	-	52.3	54.3	47.7	-	60.7
	$16,000-24,999	1,459**	62.9	53.0	-	71.8	37.1	28.3	-	47.0
	$25,000-39,999	2,620**	64.9	57.5	-	71.6	35.1	28.4	-	42.5
	$40,000 or more	4,811**	90.1	86.5	-	92.9	9.9	7.1	-	13.6
Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,652**	79.7	76.2	-	82.7	20.3	17.3	-	23.8
	Yes	4,275**	48.8	42.9	-	54.7	51.2	45.3	-	57.1
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	8,054**	82.4	79.0	-	85.3	17.6	14.7	-	21.0
	Yes	4,998**	48.4	42.9	-	53.9	51.6	46.1	-	57.1
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	819	65.1	61.7	-	68.3	34.9	31.7	-	38.4
	2500 grams or more	12,761	69.5	66.2	-	72.7	30.5	27.3	-	33.9
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 33: This question is about (stressful) things that may have happened during the 12 months before
	your new baby was born.		i. You had a lot of bills you couldn't pay
** 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