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Did Mother Move to a New Address?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,546 63.1 59.8 - 66.3 36.9 33.7 - 40.2
Age                    
<20 years 1,147 35.7 23.9 - 47.5 64.3 52.5 - 76.1
20-24 years 3,364 51.0 44.1 - 57.9 49.0 42.1 - 55.9
25-34 years 7,149 68.9 64.9 - 73.0 31.1 27.0 - 35.1
35+ years 1,886 80.6 73.2 - 88.0 19.4 12.0 - 26.8
Mother's Race                  
White 13,013 63.0 59.8 - 66.3 36.7 33.5 - 39.9
Black 171 # # - # # # - #
Other 337 54.2 28.1 - 80.3 45.8 19.7 - 71.9
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 168^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,373^ 63.4 60.2 - 66.6 36.6 33.4 - 39.8
Education                  
< High School 1,427 46.4 35.3 - 57.6 53.6 42.4 - 64.7
High School 4,772 55.3 49.7 - 60.9 44.7 39.1 - 50.3
> High School 7,277 72.1 68.2 - 75.9 28.0 24.1 - 31.8
Marital Status                  
Married 9,130 71.9 68.3 - 75.5 28.1 24.5 - 31.7
Other 4,417 45.5 39.6 - 51.5 54.5 48.5 - 60.4
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 44.8 37.9 - 51.7 55.2 48.3 - 62.1
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 46.4 36.5 - 56.2 53.6 43.8 - 63.5
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 69.0 61.6 - 76.4 31.0 23.6 - 38.4
$40,000 or more 5,632** 75.7 71.5 - 79.8 24.4 20.2 - 28.5
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,719** 68.6 64.9 - 72.2 31.4 27.8 - 35.1
Yes 4,223** 51.9 45.9 - 58.0 48.1 42.0 - 54.1
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,899** 72.3 68.6 - 76.0 27.7 24.0 - 31.4
Yes 5,080** 48.7 43.3 - 54.2 51.3 45.8 - 56.7
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 855 57.9 54.4 - 61.4 42.1 38.6 - 45.6
2500 grams or more 12,688 63.4 60.0 - 66.8 36.6 33.2 - 40.0
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 (stressful) things that may have happened during the 12 months before your
new baby was born. c. You moved to a new address
** 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