Is New Baby Enrolled in WIC?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%	95% CI			%	95% CI
	Total	13,546	60.7	57.4	-	64.0	39.3	36.0	-	42.6
Age
	<20 years	1,147	12.3	4.6	-	20.1	87.7	79.9	-	95.4
	20-24 years	3,364	34.7	28.1	-	41.2	65.4	58.8	-	71.9
	25-34 years	7,149	74.9	71.0	-	78.7	25.1	21.3	-	29.0
	35+ years	1,886	83.8	76.5	-	91.1	16.2	8.9	-	23.5
Mother's Race
	White	13,013	61.0	57.6	-	64.3	39.0	35.7	-	42.4
	Black	171	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	337	62.0	34.6	-	89.4	38.0	10.6	-	65.4
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	168^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,373^	60.9	57.6	-	64.3	39.1	35.7	-	42.4
Education
	< High School	1,427	7.7	2.0	-	13.5	92.3	86.5	-	98.0
	High School	4,772	43.9	38.3	-	49.6	56.1	50.4	-	61.7
	> High School	7,277	83.5	80.3	-	86.8	16.5	13.2	-	19.7
Marital Status
	Married	9,130	80.6	77.3	-	83.8	19.4	16.2	-	22.7
	Other	4,417	21.1	16.3	-	25.9	78.9	74.1	-	83.7
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,227**	13.3	8.6	-	18.1	86.7	81.9	-	91.4
	$16,000-24,999	1,461**	35.1	25.7	-	44.5	64.9	55.5	-	74.3
	$25,000-39,999	2,076**	62.0	54.1	-	70.0	38.0	30.0	-	45.9
	$40,000 or more	5,632**	96.2	94.2	-	98.2	3.8	1.8	-	5.8
WIC Recipient During Pregnancy
	No	8,719**	87.1	84.3	-	89.8	13.0	10.2	-	15.7
	Yes	4,223**	6.0	3.3	-	8.6	94.1	91.4	-	96.7
Medicaid Recipient
	No	7,899**	88.2	85.5	-	91.0	11.8	9.0	-	14.5
	Yes	5,080**	17.3	13.3	-	21.4	82.7	78.6	-	86.7
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	855	47.5	43.8	-	51.1	52.6	48.9	-	56.2
	2500 grams or more	12,688	61.4	57.9	-	64.9	38.6	35.1	-	42.1
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 81:  Is your new baby enrolled in WIC?
^ Estimate of Hispanic population giving birth in Maine is taken from the 2002 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