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Did Mother Lose Her Job?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,546 91.1 89.1 - 93.1 8.9 7.0 - 10.9
Age                    
<20 years 1,147 83.4 74.2 - 92.6 16.6 7.4 - 25.8
20-24 years 3,364 86.5 81.7 - 91.4 13.5 8.6 - 18.3
25-34 years 7,149 93.5 91.3 - 95.6 6.6 4.4 - 8.7
35+ years 1,886 95.0 90.7 - 99.3 5.0 0.7 - 9.3
Mother's Race                  
White 13,013 91.2 89.2 - 93.2 8.8 6.9 - 10.8
Black 171 # # - # # # - #
Other 337 80.9 58.2 - 100.0 19.1 0.0 - 41.8
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 168^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,373^ 91.0 89.0 - 93.0 9.0 7.0 - 11.0
Education                  
< High School 1,427 74.6 64.8 - 84.4 25.4 15.6 - 35.2
High School 4,772 91.8 88.8 - 94.8 8.2 5.2 - 11.2
> High School 7,277 94.5 92.6 - 96.5 5.5 3.5 - 7.4
Marital Status                  
Married 9,130 96.3 94.8 - 97.8 3.7 2.2 - 5.2
Other 4,417 80.8 76.0 - 85.5 19.3 14.5 - 24.0
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 81.1 75.6 - 86.6 18.9 13.4 - 24.4
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 86.9 80.2 - 93.5 13.2 6.5 - 19.8
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 94.0 89.9 - 98.0 6.0 2.0 - 10.1
$40,000 or more 5,632** 97.4 95.8 - 99.0 2.6 1.0 - 4.2
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,719** 95.6 93.9 - 97.2 4.4 2.8 - 6.1
Yes 4,223** 81.8 77.0 - 86.6 18.2 13.4 - 23.0
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,899** 97.2 95.7 - 98.6 2.9 1.4 - 4.3
Yes 5,080** 81.7 77.4 - 86.0 18.3 14.0 - 22.6
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 855 87.8 85.4 - 90.2 12.2 9.8 - 14.6
2500 grams or more 12,688 91.3 89.2 - 93.3 8.7 6.7 - 10.8
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 f.  Mom lost her 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