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                             Was Mother Breastfeeding at Two Months?*  
                                                     2001 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,750 45.1 41.8 - 48.4 54.9 51.6 - 58.2
Age                    
<20 years 1,215 67.1 54.9 - 79.2 32.9 20.8 - 45.1
20-24 years 3,376 60.9 54.4 - 67.4 39.1 32.6 - 45.6
25-34 years 7,248 37.8 33.5 - 42.0 62.2 62.2 - 62.2
35+ years 1,909 32.3 24.0 - 40.7 67.7 59.3 - 76.0
Mother's Race                  
White 13,231 45.1 41.7 - 48.4 55.0 51.6 - 58.3
Black 153 # # - # # # - #
Other 354 53.3 25.1 - 81.6 46.7 18.4 - 74.9
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,555^ 45.1 41.8 - 48.4 54.9 51.6 - 58.2
Education                  
< High School 1,424 62.4 51.1 - 73.7 37.6 26.3 - 48.9
High School 4,918 60.0 54.5 - 65.4 40.0 34.6 - 45.5
>High School 7,278 32.0 28.0 - 36.1 68.0 63.9 - 72.0
Marital Status                  
Married 9,387 37.6 33.8 - 41.4 62.4 58.6 - 66.2
Other 4,359 62.6 56.6 - 68.6 37.4 31.4 - 43.4
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,234** 61.8 55.0 - 68.5 38.3 31.5 - 45.0
$16,000-24,999 1,821** 52.0 43.0 - 60.9 48.0 39.1 - 57.0
$25,000-39,999 2,607** 46.0 38.7 - 53.4 54.0 46.6 - 61.3
$40,000 or more 5,104** 32.0 27.2 - 36.7 68.0 63.3 - 72.8
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,872** 36.2 32.5 - 40.0 63.8 60.0 - 67.5
Yes 4,237** 63.4 57.6 - 69.2 36.6 30.8 - 42.4
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 8,181** 36.5 32.6 - 40.5 63.5 59.5 - 67.4
Yes 4,981** 59.3 53.9 - 64.8 40.7 35.2 - 46.1
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 831 58.0 54.5 - 61.4 42.1 38.6 - 45.5
2500 grams or more 12,909 44.4 41.0 - 47.9 55.6 52.1 - 59.0
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: Variable constructed from Question 50: For how many weeks did you breast-feed
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