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Was Mother Involved in a Physical Fight?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,546 96.4 95.1 - 97.7 3.6 2.3 - 4.9
Age                    
<20 years 1,147 94.3 88.4 - 100.0 5.7 0.0 - 11.6
20-24 years 3,364 94.0 90.7 - 97.4 6.0 2.6 - 9.3
25-34 years 7,149 97.4 95.9 - 98.8 2.6 1.2 - 4.1
35+ years 1,886 98.5 95.7 - 100.0 1.5 0.0 - 4.3
Mother's Race                  
White 13,013 96.5 95.2 - 97.8 3.5 2.2 - 4.8
Black 171 # # - # # # - #
Other 337 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 168^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,373^ 96.4 95.1 - 97.7 3.6 2.3 - 4.9
Education                  
< High School 1,427 90.4 83.8 - 97.0 9.6 3.0 - 16.2
High School 4,772 97.2 95.4 - 99.1 2.8 0.9 - 4.6
> High School 7,277 97.5 96.2 - 98.9 2.5 1.1 - 3.8
Marital Status                  
Married 9,130 99.0 98.1 - 99.8 1.0 0.2 - 1.9
Other 4,417 91.4 87.9 - 94.8 8.6 5.2 - 12.1
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 92.0 88.2 - 95.8 8.0 4.2 - 11.8
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 96.2 92.6 - 99.9 3.8 0.1 - 7.4
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 99.2 97.6 - 100.0 0.8 0.0 - 2.4
$40,000 or more 5,632** 98.8 97.6 - 99.9 1.3 0.1 - 2.4
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,719** 98.1 96.9 - 99.2 1.9 0.8 - 3.1
Yes 4,223** 93.1 89.9 - 96.2 7.0 3.8 - 10.1
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,899** 99.1 98.2 - 99.9 0.9 0.1 - 1.8
Yes 5,080** 92.3 89.3 - 95.3 7.7 4.7 - 10.7
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 855 96.2 94.8 - 97.6 3.8 2.4 - 5.2
2500 grams or more 12,688 96.5 95.1 - 97.8 3.6 2.2 - 4.9
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. j. You were in a physical fight
** 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