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Personal Income Was Used to Pay for Mother's Prenatal Care?*
2001 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,750 83.6 81.2 - 86.0 16.4 14.0 - 18.8
Age                    
<20 years 1,215 93.7 87.5 - 99.8 6.3 0.2 - 12.5
20-24 years 3,376 89.9 86.1 - 93.8 10.1 6.2 - 13.9
25-34 years 7,248 80.9 77.5 - 84.4 19.1 15.6 - 22.5
35+ years 1,909 76.5 69.1 - 83.9 23.5 16.1 - 30.9
Mother's Race                  
White 13,231 83.4 81.0 - 85.9 16.6 14.1 - 19.0
Black 153 # # - # # # - #
Other 354 91.2 76.5 - 100.0 8.8 0.0 - 23.5
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,555^ 83.5 81.0 - 85.9 16.6 14.1 - 19.0
Education                  
< High School 1,424 95.1 90.2 - 99.9 4.9 0.1 - 9.8
High School 4,918 89.4 85.9 - 92.8 10.7 7.2 - 14.1
> High School 7,278 77.2 73.5 - 80.8 22.8 19.2 - 26.5
Marital Status                  
Married 9,387 80.1 77.0 - 83.1 20.0 16.9 - 23.0
Other 4,359 91.9 88.6 - 95.1 8.1 4.9 - 11.4
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,234** 91.8 88.1 - 95.5 8.2 4.5 - 11.9
$16,000-24,999 1,821** 80.8 73.8 - 87.7 19.2 12.3 - 26.2
$25,000-39,999 2,607** 82.6 77.2 - 88.1 17.4 11.9 - 22.8
$40,000 or more 5,104** 79.8 75.7 - 83.9 20.2 16.1 - 24.3
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,872** 78.0 74.7 - 81.2 22.0 18.8 - 25.3
Yes 4,237** 95.6 93.3 - 98.0 4.4 2.0 - 6.7
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 8,181** 76.8 73.3 - 80.2 23.3 19.8 - 26.7
Yes 4,981** 94.9 92.6 - 97.2 5.1 2.8 - 7.4
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 831 87.1 84.9 - 89.3 12.9 10.7 - 15.1
2500 grams or more 12,909 83.4 80.9 - 86.0 16.6 14.0 - 19.1
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 21: How was your prenatal care paid for? Personal income (cash, check, or credit card)
** 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