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Did Husband or Partner Lose His Job?*  
2001 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,750 89.1 87.0 - 91.1 10.9 8.9 - 13.0
Age                    
<20 years 1,215 74.2 63.0 - 85.3 25.9 14.7 - 37.0
20-24 years 3,376 82.5 77.4 - 87.6 17.5 12.4 - 22.6
25-34 years 7,248 92.4 90.1 - 94.7 7.6 5.3 - 9.9
35+ years 1,909 97.1 94.2 - 99.9 2.9 0.1 - 5.8
Mother's Race                  
White 13,231 88.9 86.8 - 91.0 11.1 9.0 - 13.2
Black 153 # # - # # # - #
Other 354 97.5 94.9 - 100.0 2.5 0.0 - 5.1
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,555^ 89.1 87.1 - 91.2 10.9 8.8 - 12.9
Education                  
< High School 1,424 79.8 70.6 - 89.0 20.2 11.0 - 29.4
High School 4,918 87.2 83.4 - 90.9 12.9 9.1 - 16.6
> High School 7,278 92.3 90.0 - 94.6 7.7 5.4 - 10.0
Marital Status                  
Married 9,387 92.9 91.0 - 94.9 7.1 5.1 - 9.0
Other 4,359 80.0 75.0 - 85.0 20.0 15.0 - 25.0
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,234** 76.2 70.3 - 82.1 23.8 17.9 - 29.7
$16,000-24,999 1,821** 81.5 74.7 - 88.4 18.5 11.6 - 25.4
$25,000-39,999 2,607** 95.9 93.0 - 98.9 4.1 1.2 - 7.0
$40,000 or more 5,104** 96.4 94.5 - 98.3 3.6 1.7 - 5.5
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,872** 93.3 91.3 - 95.3 6.7 4.7 - 8.7
Yes 4,237** 80.1 75.3 - 84.9 19.9 15.1 - 24.7
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 8,181** 95.4 93.7 - 97.1 4.6 2.9 - 6.3
Yes 4,981** 78.6 74.0 - 83.1 21.4 16.9 - 26.0
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 831 86.4 84.0 - 88.9 13.6 11.1 - 16.0
2500 grams or more 12,909 89.2 87.0 - 91.4 10.8 8.6 - 13.0
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 33: This question is about things that may have happened during the 12 months before your
new baby was born e. Your husband or partner lost his 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