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Were Wages a Source of Family Income?*  
2001 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,750 8.2 6.3 - 10.1 91.8 89.9 - 93.7
Age                    
<20 years 1,215 23.2 12.6 - 33.8 76.8 66.2 - 87.4
20-24 years 3,376 10.3 6.2 - 14.4 89.7 85.6 - 93.8
25-34 years 7,248 5.0 3.0 - 6.9 95.0 93.1 - 97.0
35+ years 1,909 7.7 0.0 - 12.5 92.3 87.5 - 100.0
Mother's Race                  
White 13,231 8.0 6.1 - 9.8 92.0 90.2 - 93.9
Black 153 # # - # # # - #
Other 354 12.7 0.0 - 32.0 87.3 68.0 - 100.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,555^ 8.1 6.3 - 10.0 91.9 90.0 - 93.7
Education                  
< High School 1,424 23.2 13.7 - 32.6 76.8 67.4 - 86.3
High School 4,918 11.3 7.8 - 14.8 88.7 85.2 - 92.2
>High School 7,278 2.9 1.4 - 4.3 97.1 95.7 - 98.6
Marital Status                  
Married 9,387 4.5 2.8 - 6.2 95.5 93.8 - 97.2
Other 4,359 16.9 12.3 - 21.5 83.1 78.5 - 87.7
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,234** 24.2 18.3 - 30.0 75.8 70.0 - 81.7
$16,000-24,999 1,821** 7.7 0.0 - 12.6 92.3 87.4 - 100.0
$25,000-39,999 2,607** 3.8 1.0 - 6.5 96.2 93.5 - 99.0
$40,000 or more 5,104** 0.0 0.0 - 0.1 100.0 99.9 - 100.0
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,872** 2.8 1.5 - 4.1 97.2 95.9 - 98.5
Yes 4,237** 18.8 14.1 - 23.5 81.2 76.5 - 85.9
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 8,181** 1.7 0.7 - 2.8 98.3 97.2 - 99.3
Yes 4,981** 18.9 14.5 - 23.2 81.2 76.8 - 85.5
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 831 11.7 9.4 - 14.1 88.3 85.9 - 90.6
2500 grams or more 12,909 8.0 6.0 - 10.0 92.0 90.0 - 94.0
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 70 What were the sources of your household's income during the past 12 months?:
Paycheck or money from a 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 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