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Was Mother Homeless?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,546 96.7 95.5 - 98.0 3.3 2.0 - 4.5
Age                    
<20 years 1,147 90.4 82.8 - 98.0 9.6 2.0 - 17.2
20-24 years 3,364 93.3 89.8 - 96.9 6.7 3.1 - 10.2
25-34 years 7,149 98.8 97.9 - 99.7 1.2 0.3 - 2.1
35+ years 1,886 98.5 96.3 - 100.0 1.5 0.0 - 3.7
Mother's Race                  
White 13,013 96.8 95.5 - 98.0 3.2 2.0 - 4.5
Black 171 # # - # # # - #
Other 337 93.1 80.3 - 100.0 6.9 0.0 - 19.7
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 168^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,373^ 96.8 95.6 - 98.0 3.2 2.0 - 4.4
Education                  
< High School 1,427 88.6 81.4 - 95.7 11.5 4.3 - 18.6
High School 4,772 96.6 94.6 - 98.6 3.4 1.4 - 5.4
>High School 7,277 98.6 97.6 - 99.6 1.4 0.4 - 2.4
Marital Status                  
Married 9,130 98.8 98.0 - 99.7 1.2 0.3 - 2.0
Other 4,417 92.6 89.4 - 95.8 7.4 4.2 - 10.6
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 91.3 87.3 - 95.2 8.7 4.8 - 12.7
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 97.3 94.2 - 100.0 2.7 0.0 - 5.8
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 99.2 97.6 - 100.0 0.8 0.0 - 2.4
$40,000 or more 5,632** 99.2 98.3 - 100.0 0.8 0.0 - 1.7
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,719** 98.7 97.8 - 99.5 1.3 0.5 - 2.2
Yes 4,223** 93.1 89.9 - 96.3 6.9 3.7 - 10.1
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,899** 99.4 98.8 - 100.0 0.6 0.0 - 1.2
Yes 5,080** 92.5 89.6 - 95.5 7.5 4.5 - 10.4
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 855 94.7 93.0 - 96.3 5.3 3.7 - 7.0
2500 grams or more 12,688 96.8 95.5 - 98.2 3.2 1.8 - 4.5
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 33: This question is about (stressful) things that may have happened during the 12 months before your
new baby was born. d. You were homeless
** 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