Was Mother Breastfeeding Baby at One Month?*
2001 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				No				Yes
Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,750	38.5	35.3	-	41.7	61.5	58.3	-	64.7
Age
	<20 years	1,215	63.4	51.0	-	75.7	36.7	24.3	-	49.0
	20-24 years	3,376	51.7	45.0	-	58.4	48.3	41.6	-	55.0
	25-34 years	7,248	31.6	27.5	-	35.6	68.5	64.4	-	72.5
	35+ years	1,909	27.4	19.4	-	35.3	72.6	64.7	-	80.6
Mother's Race
	White	13,231	38.5	35.2	-	41.7	61.5	58.3	-	64.8
	Black	153	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	354	44.5	15.8	-	73.2	55.5	26.8	-	84.2
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	178^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,555^	38.5	35.2	-	41.7	61.5	58.3	-	64.8
Education
	< High School	1,424	57.2	45.7	-	68.7	42.8	31.3	-	54.3
	High School	4,918	54.2	48.7	-	59.8	45.8	40.2	-	51.3
	> High School	7,278	24.6	20.8	-	28.3	75.4	71.7	-	79.2
Marital Status
	Married	9,387	31.9	28.3	-	35.6	68.1	64.4	-	71.7
	Other	4,359	54.0	47.8	-	60.2	46.0	39.8	-	52.2
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,234**	56.5	49.7	-	63.4	43.5	36.6	-	50.3
	$16,000-24,999	1,821**	44.0	35.1	-	53.0	56.0	47.0	-	64.9
	$25,000-39,999	2,607**	39.2	32.0	-	46.4	60.8	53.6	-	68.0
	$40,000 or more	5,104**	24.8	20.4	-	29.1	75.3	70.9	-	79.6
Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,872**	28.9	25.4	-	32.5	71.1	67.5	-	74.6
	Yes	4,237**	58.4	52.4	-	64.3	41.6	35.7	-	47.6
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	8,181**	29.0	25.3	-	32.7	71.0	67.3	-	74.7
	Yes	4,981**	54.4	48.8	-	59.9	45.6	40.1	-	51.2
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	831	48.9	45.4	-	52.4	51.1	47.6	-	54.6
	2500 grams or more	12,909	38.0	34.6	-	41.4	62.0	58.6	-	65.4
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:   Data in this table are recoded responses to survey question 50:  How many weeks or months did you breastfeed
	or pump milk to feed your baby?
** 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 2001 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