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Did Mother Lose Her Job?*
2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,590 91.1 89.1 - 93.0 9.0 7.0 - 10.9
Age                    
<20 years 1,272 79.3 69.9 - 88.8 20.7 11.2 - 30.1
20-24 years 3,351 88.9 84.7 - 93.2 11.1 6.8 - 15.3
25-34 years 7,088 93.4 91.1 - 95.6 6.6 4.4 - 8.9
35+ years 1,875 93.5 89.3 - 97.8 6.5 2.2 - 10.7
Mother's Race                  
White 13,144 91.0 89.0 - 92.9 9.1 7.1 - 11.0
Black 122 # # - # # # - #
Other 308 93.9 83.7 - 100.0 6.1 0.0 - 16.3
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 138^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,441^ 91.1 89.2 - 93.0 8.9 7.0 - 10.8
Education                  
< High School 1,471 85.5 78.1 - 92.9 14.5 7.1 - 21.9
High School 4,894 88.5 85.1 - 92.0 11.5 8.0 - 14.9
> High School 7,065 94.5 92.4 - 96.5 5.6 3.5 - 7.6
Marital Status                  
Married 9,368 94.1 92.2 - 95.9 5.9 4.1 - 7.8
Other 4,192 84.0 79.4 - 88.6 16.0 11.4 - 20.6
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,654** 83.1 78.2 - 88.0 16.9 12.0 - 21.8
$16,000-24,999 1,459** 89.4 83.2 - 95.5 10.7 4.5 - 16.8
$25,000-39,999 2,620** 93.2 89.5 - 96.9 6.8 3.1 - 10.5
$40,000 or more 4,811** 96.6 94.7 - 98.5 3.4 1.5 - 5.3
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,652** 94.3 92.5 - 96.2 5.7 3.8 - 7.5
Yes 4,275** 85.2 80.9 - 89.4 14.9 10.6 - 19.1
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 8,054** 95.2 93.4 - 96.9 4.8 3.1 - 6.6
Yes 4,998** 84.4 80.4 - 88.4 15.6 11.6 - 19.6
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 819 88.1 85.8 - 90.4 11.9 9.6 - 14.2
2500 grams or more 12,761 91.2 89.2 - 93.2 8.8 6.8 - 10.8
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 things that may have happened during the 12 months before your
new baby was born f. Mom lost her job
** 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