Personal Income Was Used to Pay for Mother's Prenatal Care?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,546	86.5	84.3	-	88.7	13.5	11.3	-	15.7
Age
	<20 years	1,147	96.3	91.5	-	100.0	3.7	0.0	-	8.5
	20-24 years	3,364	94.0	90.8	-	97.1	6.0	2.9	-	9.2
	25-34 years	7,149	83.3	80.1	-	86.5	16.7	13.5	-	19.9
	35+ years	1,886	78.7	71.1	-	86.4	21.3	13.6	-	28.9
Mother's Race
	White	13,013	86.6	84.4	-	88.8	13.4	11.2	-	15.6
	Black	171	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	337	85.4	67.7	-	100.0	14.6	0.0	-	32.3
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	168^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,373^	86.4	84.2	-	88.6	13.6	11.4	-	15.8
Education
	< High School	1,427	98.3	95.4	-	100.0	1.7	0.0	-	4.6
	High School	4,772	89.7	86.3	-	93.1	10.3	6.9	-	13.7
	> High School	7,277	82.2	78.9	-	85.5	17.8	14.5	-	21.1
Marital Status
	Married	9,130	82.8	79.9	-	85.8	17.2	14.2	-	20.1
	Other	4,417	93.7	90.9	-	96.5	6.3	3.5	-	9.1
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,227**	96.9	94.8	-	99.1	3.1	0.9	-	5.2
	$16,000-24,999	1,461**	87.8	81.6	-	94.0	12.2	6.0	-	18.4
	$25,000-39,999	2,076**	83.3	77.4	-	89.2	16.7	10.8	-	22.6
	$40,000 or more	5,632**	80.7	76.9	-	84.6	19.3	15.4	-	23.1
Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,719**	81.6	78.6	-	84.6	18.4	15.4	-	21.4
	Yes	4,223**	96.4	94.3	-	98.4	3.6	1.6	-	5.7
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,899**	80.6	77.4	-	83.9	19.4	16.1	-	22.6
	Yes	5,080**	95.6	93.5	-	97.7	4.4	2.3	-	6.5
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	855	84.0	81.4	-	86.5	16.1	13.5	-	18.6
	2500 grams or more	12,688	86.6	84.3	-	88.9	13.4	11.1	-	15.7
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 21:  How was your prenatal care paid for?  Personal income (cash, check, or credit card)
** 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