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Was Unemployment a Source of Family Income?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,546 92.5 90.7 - 94.2 7.5 5.8 - 9.3
Age                    
<20 years 1,147 95.5 90.6 - 100.0 4.6 0.0 - 9.5
20-24 years 3,364 86.6 81.8 - 91.3 13.5 8.7 - 18.2
25-34 years 7,149 93.3 91.1 - 95.5 6.7 4.5 - 8.9
35+ years 1,886 98.4 96.2 - 100.0 1.6 0.0 - 3.8
Mother's Race                  
White 13,013 92.3 90.5 - 94.1 7.7 5.9 - 9.5
Black 171 # # - # # # - #
Other 337 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 168^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,373^ 92.5 90.7 - 94.3 7.5 5.7 - 9.3
Education                  
< High School 1,427 92.4 86.3 - 98.4 7.6 1.6 - 13.7
High School 4,772 88.2 84.6 - 91.9 11.8 8.1 - 15.4
>High School 7,277 95.3 93.5 - 97.1 4.7 2.9 - 6.5
Marital Status                  
Married 9,130 95.7 94.1 - 97.3 4.3 2.7 - 5.9
Other 4,417 86.0 81.9 - 90.2 14.0 9.8 - 18.1
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 87.9 83.4 - 92.4 12.1 7.6 - 16.6
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 88.1 81.5 - 94.6 11.9 5.4 - 18.5
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 89.5 84.4 - 94.6 10.5 5.4 - 15.6
$40,000 or more 5,632** 97.2 95.6 - 98.7 2.9 1.3 - 4.4
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,719** 95.1 93.4 - 96.9 4.9 3.1 - 6.6
Yes 4,223** 86.9 82.9 - 91.0 13.1 9.0 - 17.1
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,899** 96.4 94.9 - 97.9 3.6 2.1 - 5.1
Yes 5,080** 86.4 82.6 - 90.1 13.7 9.9 - 17.4
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 855 93.2 91.4 - 94.9 6.8 5.1 - 8.6
2500 grams or more 12,688 92.4 90.5 - 94.3 7.6 5.7 - 9.5
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?
  Unemployment benefits
** 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