Did Mother Have Trouble Paying Bills?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,546	74.9	71.9	-	77.8	25.2	22.2	-	28.1
Age
	<20 years	1,147	72.1	61.1	-	83.0	27.9	17.0	-	38.9
	20-24 years	3,364	61.7	54.9	-	68.4	38.3	31.6	-	45.1
	25-34 years	7,149	78.6	75.0	-	82.2	21.4	17.8	-	25.0
	35+ years	1,886	86.2	79.8	-	92.6	13.8	7.4	-	20.2
Mother's Race
	White	13,013	74.9	71.9	-	77.8	25.1	22.2	-	28.1
	Black	171	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	337	83.4	63.1	-	100.0	16.6	0.0	-	36.9
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	168^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,373^	74.8	71.9	-	77.8	25.2	22.2	-	28.1
Education
	< High School	1,427	60.5	49.5	-	71.5	39.5	28.5	-	50.5
	High School	4,772	66.2	60.9	-	71.6	33.8	28.4	-	39.1
	> High School	7,277	83.7	80.5	-	86.9	16.3	13.1	-	19.5
Marital Status
	Married	9,130	83.5	80.5	-	86.5	16.5	13.5	-	19.5
	Other	4,417	57.6	51.7	-	63.5	42.4	36.5	-	48.3
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,227**	51.1	44.2	-	58.1	48.9	41.9	-	55.8
	$16,000-24,999	1,461**	63.4	53.7	-	73.1	36.6	26.9	-	46.3
	$25,000-39,999	2,076**	76.7	70.0	-	83.4	23.3	16.6	-	30.0
	$40,000 or more	5,632**	90.8	87.9	-	93.6	9.3	6.4	-	12.1
Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,719**	84.5	81.6	-	87.3	15.5	12.7	-	18.4
	Yes	4,223**	55.4	49.4	-	61.4	44.6	38.6	-	50.6
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,899**	87.1	84.3	-	89.9	12.9	10.1	-	15.7
	Yes	5,080**	55.8	50.3	-	61.3	44.2	38.7	-	49.7
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	855	66.4	63.0	-	69.7	33.6	30.3	-	37.0
	2500 grams or more	12,688	75.4	72.3	-	78.4	24.6	21.6	-	27.7
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 33: This question is about (stressful) things that may have happened during the 12 months before
	your new baby was born.		i. You had a lot of bills you couldn't pay
** 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