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Does Mother Still Owe for Prenatal Care?*
2001 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,750 90.4 88.5 - 92.3 9.6 7.7 - 11.5
Age                    
<20 years 1,215 93.0 86.8 - 99.2 7.0 0.8 - 13.2
20-24 years 3,376 93.1 89.8 - 96.5 6.9 3.5 - 10.2
25-34 years 7,248 89.2 86.4 - 91.9 10.9 8.1 - 13.6
35+ years 1,909 89.0 83.5 - 94.5 11.0 5.5 - 16.5
Mother's Race                  
White 13,231 90.4 88.4 - 92.3 9.6 7.7 - 11.6
Black 153 # # - # # # - #
Other 354 90.2 75.4 - 100.0 9.8 0.0 - 24.6
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,555^ 90.3 88.4 - 92.2 9.7 7.8 - 11.6
Education                  
< High School 1,424 91.8 85.7 - 98.0 8.2 2.0 - 14.3
High School 4,918 89.9 86.6 - 93.2 10.1 6.8 - 13.4
> High School 7,278 90.3 87.8 - 92.9 9.7 7.1 - 12.2
Marital Status                  
Married 9,387 90.0 87.7 - 92.3 10.0 7.7 - 12.3
Other 4,359 91.4 87.9 - 94.9 8.6 5.1 - 12.1
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,234** 93.4 90.0 - 96.8 6.6 3.2 - 10.0
$16,000-24,999 1,821** 84.9 78.7 - 91.2 15.1 8.8 - 21.3
$25,000-39,999 2,607** 82.1 76.5 - 87.7 17.9 12.3 - 23.5
$40,000 or more 5,104** 94.8 92.5 - 97.0 5.3 3.0 - 7.5
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,872** 89.0 86.5 - 91.4 11.0 8.6 - 13.5
Yes 4,237** 93.3 90.3 - 96.2 6.7 3.8 - 9.7
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 8,181** 87.2 84.4 - 89.9 12.8 10.1 - 15.6
Yes 4,981** 95.8 93.6 - 97.9 4.3 2.1 - 6.4
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 831 88.1 85.9 - 90.2 12.0 9.8 - 14.1
2500 grams or more 12,909 90.5 88.5 - 92.6 9.5 7.4 - 11.5
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? I still owe money on my bill
** 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