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Did Mother or Partner Go to Jail?*    
2001 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,750 95.6 94.1 - 97.0 4.5 3.0 - 5.9
Age                    
<20 years 1,215 82.2 72.3 - 92.1 17.8 7.9 - 27.7
20-24 years 3,376 90.5 86.4 - 94.6 9.5 5.4 - 13.6
25-34 years 7,248 98.9 98.0 - 99.9 1.1 0.1 - 2.0
35+ years 1,909 99.7 99.5 - 100.0 0.3 0.0 - 0.5
Mother's Race                  
White 13,231 95.5 93.9 - 97.0 4.6 3.0 - 6.1
Black 153 # # - # # # - #
Other 354 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,555^ 95.7 94.2 - 97.1 4.3 2.9 - 5.8
Education                  
< High School 1,424 82.2 73.3 - 91.1 17.8 8.9 - 26.7
High School 4,918 93.8 91.0 - 96.6 6.2 3.4 - 9.0
>High School 7,278 99.3 98.6 - 100.0 0.7 0.0 - 1.4
Marital Status                  
Married 9,387 98.8 97.9 - 99.7 1.2 0.3 - 2.1
Other 4,359 88.0 83.8 - 92.2 12.0 7.8 - 16.2
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,234** 86.5 81.6 - 91.4 13.5 8.6 - 18.4
$16,000-24,999 1,821** 96.0 92.4 - 99.7 4.0 0.3 - 7.6
$25,000-39,999 2,607** 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
$40,000 or more 5,104** 98.9 97.8 - 100.0 1.1 0.0 - 2.2
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,872** 98.3 97.1 - 99.4 1.7 0.6 - 2.9
Yes 4,237** 89.8 86.0 - 93.5 10.2 6.5 - 14.0
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 8,181** 99.0 98.2 - 99.9 1.0 0.1 - 1.8
Yes 4,981** 89.8 86.3 - 93.3 10.2 6.7 - 13.7
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 831 97.0 95.7 - 98.3 3.0 1.7 - 4.3
2500 grams or more 12,909 95.5 93.9 - 97.0 4.5 3.0 - 6.1
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 33: This question is about (stressful) things that may have happened during the 12 months before your
new baby was born. k. You or your husband or partner went to jail
** 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