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Were Fees a Source of Family Income?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,546 91.9 90.2 - 93.7 8.1 6.3 - 9.8
Age                    
<20 years 1,147 98.0 94.3 - 100.0 2.0 0.0 - 5.7
20-24 years 3,364 99.0 97.8 - 100.0 1.0 0.0 - 2.2
25-34 years 7,149 90.3 87.7 - 92.8 9.7 7.2 - 12.3
35+ years 1,886 80.6 73.3 - 88.0 19.4 12.0 - 26.7
Mother's Race                  
White 13,013 91.9 90.1 - 93.6 8.1 6.4 - 9.9
Black 171 # # - # # # - #
Other 337 93.1 80.3 - 100.0 6.9 0.0 - 19.7
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 168^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,373^ 92.0 90.2 - 93.7 8.0 6.3 - 9.8
Education                  
< High School 1,427 98.5 95.7 - 100.0 1.5 0.0 - 4.3
High School 4,772 96.1 93.9 - 98.3 3.9 1.7 - 6.1
>High School 7,277 87.5 84.7 - 90.4 12.5 9.6 - 15.3
Marital Status                  
Married 9,130 89.4 87.0 - 91.8 10.6 8.2 - 13.0
Other 4,417 97.1 95.1 - 99.1 2.9 0.9 - 4.9
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 99.9 99.8 - 100.0 0.1 0.0 - 0.2
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 95.7 92.0 - 99.4 4.3 0.6 - 8.0
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 92.2 87.9 - 96.5 7.8 3.5 - 12.1
$40,000 or more 5,632** 87.0 83.7 - 90.2 13.0 9.8 - 16.3
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,719** 88.7 86.2 - 91.2 11.3 8.8 - 13.8
Yes 4,223** 98.6 97.3 - 100.0 1.4 0.0 - 2.7
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,899** 88.5 85.9 - 91.1 11.5 8.9 - 14.1
Yes 5,080** 97.3 95.6 - 99.1 2.7 0.9 - 4.4
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 855 95.3 93.9 - 96.7 4.7 3.3 - 6.1
2500 grams or more 12,688 91.8 89.9 - 93.6 8.3 6.4 - 10.1
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 70:  What were the sources of your household's income during the past 12 months?
  Money from a business, fees, dividends, or rental income
** 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