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Did Husband or Partner Lose His Job?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,546 86.3 84.0 - 88.6 13.7 11.4 - 16.0
Age                    
<20 years 1,147 77.8 67.8 - 87.7 22.2 12.3 - 32.2
20-24 years 3,364 76.9 71.1 - 82.8 23.1 17.2 - 28.9
25-34 years 7,149 90.3 87.7 - 92.9 9.7 7.1 - 12.3
35+ years 1,886 93.2 88.7 - 97.7 6.8 2.3 - 11.3
Mother's Race                  
White 13,013 86.6 84.3 - 88.9 13.4 11.1 - 15.7
Black 171 # # - # # # - #
Other 337 84.7 65.8 - 100.0 15.3 0.0 - 34.2
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 168^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,373^ 86.3 83.9 - 88.6 13.7 11.4 - 16.1
Education                  
< High School 1,427 78.9 69.8 - 88.1 21.1 11.9 - 30.2
High School 4,772 83.2 78.9 - 87.4 16.8 12.6 - 21.1
> High School 7,277 89.9 87.3 - 92.5 10.1 7.5 - 12.7
Marital Status                  
Married 9,130 91.2 88.9 - 93.4 8.9 6.6 - 11.1
Other 4,417 76.6 71.5 - 81.7 23.4 18.3 - 28.5
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 75.8 69.9 - 81.7 24.2 18.3 - 30.1
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 75.1 66.3 - 83.8 25.0 16.2 - 33.7
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 87.9 82.5 - 93.3 12.1 6.7 - 17.5
$40,000 or more 5,632** 94.9 92.7 - 97.0 5.2 3.0 - 7.3
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,719** 90.1 87.7 - 92.5 9.9 7.5 - 12.3
Yes 4,223** 78.4 73.4 - 83.3 21.6 16.7 - 26.6
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,899** 92.7 90.5 - 94.8 7.3 5.2 - 9.5
Yes 5,080** 76.4 71.8 - 81.1 23.6 18.9 - 28.2
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 855 84.6 82.0 - 87.2 15.4 12.8 - 18.0
2500 grams or more 12,688 86.4 84.0 - 88.8 13.6 11.2 - 16.0
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 things that may have happened during the 12 months before your
new baby was born e.  Your husband or partner lost his job
** 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