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Were Family or Friends a Source of Family Income?*
                 
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,546 86.8 84.5 - 89.0 13.3 11.0 - 15.5
Age                    
<20 years 1,147 75.0 64.4 - 85.7 25.0 14.3 - 35.6
20-24 years 3,364 81.8 76.5 - 87.2 18.2 12.8 - 23.5
25-34 years 7,149 90.0 87.4 - 92.7 10.0 7.3 - 12.6
35+ years 1,886 90.1 84.6 - 95.5 10.0 4.5 - 15.4
Mother's Race                  
White 13,013 86.4 84.1 - 88.8 13.6 11.2 - 15.9
Black 171 # # - # # # - #
Other 337 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 168^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,373^ 86.6 84.3 - 88.9 13.4 11.1 - 15.7
Education                  
< High School 1,427 73.6 63.7 - 83.6 26.4 16.4 - 36.3
High School 4,772 86.6 82.8 - 90.4 13.4 9.6 - 17.2
>High School 7,277 89.6 87.0 - 92.3 10.4 7.7 - 13.0
Marital Status                  
Married 9,130 91.9 89.7 - 94.1 8.1 5.9 - 10.3
Other 4,417 76.5 71.4 - 81.6 23.5 18.4 - 28.6
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 67.3 60.8 - 73.8 32.7 26.2 - 39.2
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 94.5 90.4 - 98.6 5.5 1.4 - 9.6
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 89.4 84.4 - 94.4 10.6 5.6 - 15.6
$40,000 or more 5,632** 94.3 92.1 - 96.5 5.7 3.5 - 7.9
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,719** 91.0 88.8 - 93.3 9.0 6.7 - 11.2
Yes 4,223** 78.3 73.2 - 83.3 21.7 16.7 - 26.8
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,899** 92.6 90.5 - 94.7 7.4 5.3 - 9.5
Yes 5,080** 77.7 73.1 - 82.3 22.3 17.7 - 26.9
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 855 85.5 83.0 - 88.0 14.5 12.0 - 17.0
2500 grams or more 12,688 86.9 84.4 - 89.3 13.2 10.7 - 15.6
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 70:  What are the sources of your household's income during the past 12 months?
  Money from family or friends
** 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 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