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Did Mother Get Separated or Divorced?*
2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
    No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,590 92.6 90.8 - 94.3 7.4 5.7 - 9.2
Age              
<20 years 1,272 82.6 73.8 - 91.5 17.4 8.5 - 26.2
20-24 years 3,351 85.8 81.0 - 90.6 14.2 9.4 - 19.0
25-34 years 7,088 96.1 94.3 - 97.8 3.9 2.2 - 5.7
35+ years 1,875 97.2 94.8 - 99.7 2.8 0.3 - 5.2
Mother's Race              
White 13,144 92.5 90.8 - 94.3 7.5 5.7 - 9.2
Black 122 # # - # # # - #
Other 308 93.2 80.7 - 100.0 6.9 0.0 - 19.3
Hispanic Origin              
Yes 138^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,441^ 92.6 90.8 - 94.4 7.4 5.6 - 9.2
Education              
< High School 1,471 89.2 82.8 - 95.7 10.8 4.3 - 17.2
High School 4,894 88.4 84.9 - 91.9 11.6 8.1 - 15.1
>High School 7,065 96.4 94.7 - 98.1 3.6 1.9 - 5.3
Marital Status              
Married 9,368 97.3 96.0 - 98.5 2.8 1.5 - 4.0
Other 4,192 81.7 76.9 - 86.4 18.3 13.6 - 23.1
Income              
$15,999 or less 3,654** 81.9 77.0 - 86.9 18.1 13.1 - 23.0
$16,000-24,999 1,459** 92.3 87.1 - 97.6 7.7 2.4 - 12.9
$25,000-39,999 2,620** 95.4 92.2 - 98.5 4.6 1.5 - 7.8
$40,000 or more 4,811** 99.1 98.2 - 100.0 0.9 0.0 - 1.8
WIC Recipient              
No 8,652** 97.0 95.6 - 98.3 3.0 1.7 - 4.4
Yes 4,275** 83.4 79.0 - 87.9 16.6 12.2 - 21.0
Medicaid Recipient              
No 8,054** 98.2 97.1 - 99.3 1.8 0.7 - 2.9
Yes 4,998** 83.4 79.4 - 87.5 16.6 12.5 - 20.6
Infant's birth weight              
<2500 grams 819 88.1 85.7 - 90.4 11.9 9.6 - 14.3
2500 grams or more 12,761 92.8 91.0 - 94.7 7.2 5.3 - 9.0
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. b. You got separated or divorced from your husband or partner
** 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